Musk Ketone Aroma Chemical | Warm Powdery Musk Note

Product Name

Musk Ketone

CAS No.: 81-14-1

🟢 Difficulty: Advanced

⏳ Lasting: High

🌸 Note: Base

Description

Musk Ketone is a classic nitro musk with a characteristic sweet, warm and powdery odor. Its profile combines soft musky facets with floral, slightly animalic and subtly vanilla-like nuances, creating the distinctive character associated with traditional musk fragrances. It is a highly substantive material and can remain noticeable well into the drydown.

In perfumery, Musk Ketone has historically been used as a base-note musk and fixative, adding depth, warmth and persistence to fragrance compositions. Its powdery character makes it particularly suitable for floral, oriental, amber and classic musk accords. It can also help soften and round heavier compositions while contributing a recognizable vintage-perfumery character.

Musk Ketone is primarily encountered today in classic and historical fragrance formulations. Its use is subject to regulatory restrictions, so modern formulators should verify current requirements for the intended application and market before using the material.

Odor Profile

• Sweet

• Musky

• Powdery

• Warm

• Floral

• Slightly animalic

• Soft

• Subtly vanilla-like

Recommended Formulation Level (Educational guideline only)

• Trace: 0.01–0.05%

• General use: 0.05–0.20%

• High-impact accords: 0.20–0.50%

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

Regulatory note: Musk Ketone is subject to restrictions in fragrance applications. The ranges above are educational only and should not be interpreted as permitted-use levels.

Works Well With

• Musk Xylene

• Musk Ambrette

• Ambrettolide

• Exaltolide

• Ethylene Brassylate

• Methyl Ionone

• Benzyl Salicylate

• Coumarin

• Vanillin

• Sandalwood materials

• Patchouli

• Amber materials

Common Applications

• Fine Fragrance*

• Attars*

• Classic Perfumery

• Musk Accords

• Oriental Fragrances

• Amber Accords

• Powdery Fragrances

• Floral-Musk Accords

• Historical Fragrance Reconstruction

*Subject to current regulatory requirements and applicable product-category restrictions.

Perfumers' Tip

Musk Ketone is useful when recreating a classic, warm and powdery musk character. It pairs especially well with ionones, salicylates, vanillin and woody materials to create rich vintage-style bases. Because it is powerful and persistent, evaluate it at very low levels and always check current regulatory requirements before formulation.