A macrocyclic musk (ethylene brassylate / Musk T family relative — a 15-membered lactonic carbonate). Smells soft, clean and slightly powdery, with a waxy-sweet musky character that is quiet but very persistent. Provides diffusion and a smooth 'laundry-clean' backdrop without animalic edge.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 450.
A macrocyclic musk of little more than academic interest. The two-Methylene-higher members of this series have more pronounced and powerful musky odors, but none are as powerful and truly musky as the isomer series of Oxahexadecanolides.
The author believes that subject material is more or less obsolete as a perfume raw material.