Helvetolide Aroma Chemical | Clean Musky & Pear Fragrance Note

Product Name

Helvetolide

CAS No.: 141773-73-1

🟢 Difficulty: Intermediate

⏳ Lasting: Very High

🌸 Note: Base

Description

Helvetolide is a sophisticated macrocyclic musk aroma chemical known for its soft, clean and elegant character. Unlike many traditional musks, it combines a smooth musky character with a distinctive fruity, pear-like nuance, giving fragrances a modern and radiant quality.

In perfumery, Helvetolide is valued for its excellent substantivity and ability to provide a clean, smooth and long-lasting drydown. It can enhance both floral and fruity compositions while adding softness and diffusion. Its fruity-musky character makes it particularly useful in modern fine fragrances, clean skin scents and contemporary floral-fruity accords.

Helvetolide can also help create a natural skin-like musk effect, making it useful when a fragrance needs warmth and softness without becoming excessively powdery or heavy.

Odor Profile

• Musky

• Clean

• Soft

• Fruity

• Pear-like

• Warm

• Elegant

• Slightly powdery

• Skin-like

Recommended Formulation Level (Educational guideline only)

• Trace: 0.1–0.5%

• General use: 1–10%

• High-impact accords: 10–20%

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

Works Well With

• Hedione

• Iso E Super

• Ambroxan

• Galaxolide

• Habanolide

• Ethylene Brassylate

• Exaltolide

• Cashmeran

• Linalool

• Linalyl Acetate

• Pear materials

• Fruity Esters

• Rose materials

Common Applications

• Fine Fragrance

• Attars

• Body Care

• Soap

• Candles

• Home Fragrance

• Musk Accords

• Fruity-Musk Accords

• Floral-Musk Accords

• Skin Scents

• Clean Fragrances

• Modern Fine Fragrance

Perfumers' Tip

Helvetolide is particularly effective when you want a soft, clean musk with a subtle fruity lift. Pair it with pear and fruity materials to emphasize its fruity side, or combine it with Hedione and floral materials for a radiant, elegant musk accord. Its high substantivity also makes it useful for extending the softness of a fragrance into the drydown.