Delta Muscenone Aroma Chemical | Clean Musk Ingredient

Product Name

Delta Muscenone

CAS No.: 541-91-3

🟢 Difficulty: Advanced

⏳ Lasting: High

🌸 Note: Base

Description

Delta Muscenone is a powerful macrocyclic musk with a smooth, warm and sensual character. Its odor profile combines soft musk with clean, slightly powdery, floral and skin-like nuances. It has a refined quality that can give a fragrance a sophisticated and natural-feeling musk foundation while contributing excellent depth and persistence.

In perfumery, Delta Muscenone is mainly used as a base-note musk to provide diffusion, warmth and lasting character. It can support floral, woody, amber and skin-scent compositions, helping blend individual materials into a smoother overall structure. Its elegant musk profile is particularly useful in modern fine fragrances where a clean yet sensual drydown is desired. Because of its strong impact, it is best introduced gradually and balanced with complementary musk, floral and woody materials.

Odor Profile

• Musky

• Warm

• Clean

• Sensual

• Skin-like

• Soft

• Powdery

• Slightly floral

Recommended Formulation Level (Educational guideline only)

• Trace: 0.01–0.05%

• General use: 0.05–0.5%

• High-impact accords: 0.5–2%

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

Works Well With

• Ambrettolide

• Exaltolide

• Habanolide

• Galaxolide

• Ethylene Brassylate

• Iso E Super

• Hedione

• Ambroxan

• Sandalwood materials

• Rose materials

• Jasmine materials

• Vanilla materials

Common Applications

• Fine Fragrance

• Attars

• Candles

• Soap

• Body Care

• Home Fragrance

• Musk Accords

• Floral Accords

• Woody Accords

• Amber Accords

Perfumers' Tip

Use Delta Muscenone at low levels to create a smooth, sensual and long-lasting musk foundation. It works particularly well beneath floral and woody accords, where it can improve the overall cohesion and give the drydown a soft, skin-like character.