A macrocyclic ketone musk with a warm, animalic-musky character reminiscent of Muscone. Waxy and slightly powdery on the dryout, with a rounded body-warm quality rather than the clean laundry feel of nitro or polycyclic musks.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Composition, IFRA restriction figures, allergen concentrations and where this material is bought are part of Perfume Foundry’s curated library and need an account. Create one or sign in.
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 337.
Colorless oily liquid or colorless crystalline mass.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Woody, rather dry odor. Only in extreme dilution will a musky odor appear clearly.
This ketone has mainly academic interest in the study of relationship between chemical structure and musk odor. It is rarely, if ever, used in perfume compositions. Its inferior strength and lack of sweet-animal notes rules it out of the necessary library for the creative perfumer.
Produced by analogous to Cyclopentadecanone.