Pure Galaxolide Aroma Chemical | Clean & Long-Lasting Musk

Product Name

Pure Galaxolide

CAS No.: 1222-05-5

🟢 Difficulty: Beginner

⏳ Lasting: High

🌸 Note: Base

Description

Pure Galaxolide is a widely used polycyclic musk aroma chemical known for its clean, soft and persistent musk character. Its odor profile combines smooth powdery, floral and slightly woody facets, creating a comfortable and familiar musk impression. It provides good substantivity and can remain noticeable throughout the drydown of a fragrance.

In perfumery, Galaxolide is valued for its ability to provide musk volume, softness and persistence. It works particularly well in clean, fresh, floral, fruity and woody compositions, where it can help smooth transitions between different fragrance materials. It can also provide a soft laundry-like quality when used in fresh or clean accords.

Pure Galaxolide is especially useful as a foundation musk because of its versatility. It can be combined with other musks to create more dimensional musk bases or used alongside floral and woody materials to give a composition greater roundness and lasting character.

Odor Profile

• Clean

• Musky

• Soft

• Powdery

• Floral

• Woody

• Warm

• Slightly sweet

Recommended Formulation Level (Educational guideline only)

• Trace: 0.50–2.00%

• General use: 2.00–10.00%

• High-impact accords: 10.00–30.00%

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

Works Well With

• Hedione

• Iso E Super

• Ambroxan

• Ethylene Brassylate

• Habanolide

• Exaltolide

• Ambrettolide

• Linalool

• Linalyl Acetate

• Benzyl Salicylate

• Sandalwood materials

• Vanilla materials

Common Applications

• Fine Fragrance

• Attars

• Soap

• Body Care

• Shampoos

• Laundry Fragrance

• Home Fragrance

• Candles

• Fresh Fragrances

• Floral Fragrances

• Musk Accords

Perfumers' Tip

Pure Galaxolide is an excellent all-purpose foundation musk. Use it with Hedione for a clean, diffusive floral-musk effect, or combine it with woody materials such as Iso E Super for a smooth modern base. It can be used generously, but always evaluate the complete composition because high levels can give a pronounced clean-laundry character.