Anisic Aldehyde / Anisaldehyde Aroma Chemical | Sweet Anisic & Floral Note

Product Name

Anisic Aldehyde / Anisaldehyde

CAS No.: 123-11-5

🟢 Difficulty: Beginner
⏳ Lasting: Medium–High
🌸 Note: Heart / Base

Description

Anisic Aldehyde, commonly known as Anisaldehyde, is a distinctive sweet aromatic and floral aroma chemical with a characteristic anisic character. Its odor profile combines sweet, powdery, floral, balsamic and slightly vanilla-like facets, making it a useful ingredient for adding warmth and sweetness to fragrance compositions.

In perfumery, Anisaldehyde is commonly used in floral, powdery, oriental and sweet accords. It is particularly useful for creating and enhancing anisic, lilac, heliotrope and floral effects, while also providing a subtle spicy warmth.

Its character can add richness to floral compositions and works especially well when paired with sweet, balsamic and vanilla-like materials. It can also be used to give a more distinctive personality to clean and floral fragrances.

Odor Profile

• Anisic

• Sweet

• Floral

• Powdery

• Balsamic

• Vanilla-like

• Spicy

• Warm

Recommended Formulation Level (Educational guideline only)

• Trace: 0.05–0.20%

• General use: 0.20–2.00%

• High-impact accords: 2.00–8.00%

These are formulation guidelines for perfumers and are not IFRA limits.

Works Well With

• Anisyl Alcohol

• Anethole

• Benzyl Alcohol

• Benzyl Acetate

• Phenethyl Alcohol

• Hydroxycitronellal

• Hedione

• Linalool

• Linalyl Acetate

• Vanillin

• Ethyl Vanillin

• Benzoin

• Coumarin

• Jasmine materials

• Lilac materials

Common Applications

• Fine Fragrance

• Attars

• Floral Fragrances

• Lilac Accords

• Heliotrope Accords

• Powdery Fragrances

• Oriental Fragrances

• Sweet Floral Accords

• Vanilla Accords

• Soap

• Body Care

• Shampoos

• Home Fragrance

Perfumers' Tip

Anisaldehyde is excellent for creating a sweet, powdery and anisic floral effect. Combine it with Anisyl Alcohol for a smoother and more rounded anisic accord, or pair it with Vanillin and Benzoin for a warm, sweet composition. In floral formulas, small additions can give lilac and heliotrope accords greater character and definition.