Musk Xylol Aroma Chemical | Sweet Powdery Musk Note

Product Name

Musk Xylol

CAS No.: 81-15-2

🟢 Difficulty: Advanced

⏳ Lasting: High

🌸 Note: Base

Description

Musk Xylol, also known as Musk Xylene, is a classic synthetic nitro musk with a distinctive sweet, powdery and warm musk character. Its odor profile has soft floral and slightly animalic facets, creating the characteristic rich and somewhat vintage impression associated with traditional musk compositions. It is highly substantive and can remain perceptible well into the drydown.

In perfumery, Musk Xylol has historically been used as a base-note musk, fixative and fragrance blender. It can add warmth, depth and persistence to floral, oriental, amber and powdery compositions. Its rounded character also makes it useful for recreating traditional perfume styles and vintage musk accords.

Musk Xylol is primarily a specialty and historical perfumery material today because its use is subject to significant regulatory restrictions. Modern formulators should verify the current regulatory status for the intended application and market before using it in a finished product.

Odor Profile

• Sweet

• Musky

• Powdery

• Warm

• Floral

• Soft

• Slightly animalic

• Balsamic

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 Xylol 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 Ketone

• Musk Ambrette

• Ambrettolide

• Exaltolide

• Ethylene Brassylate

• Methyl Ionone

• Benzyl Salicylate

• Coumarin

• Vanillin

• Sandalwood materials

• Patchouli

• Amber materials

Common Applications

• Classic Perfumery

• Fine Fragrance*

• Attars*

• 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 Xylol is useful for creating a traditional, sweet and powdery musk foundation. Pair it with Musk Ketone or modern macrocyclic musks to explore different musk textures, or combine it with ionones, salicylates and vanilla materials for a classic oriental-floral effect. Because of its regulatory status, always verify suitability before use in finished products.