Trimethyl Pyrazine Aroma Chemical | Roasted Nutty Note

Product Name

Trimethyl Pyrazine

CAS No.: 14667-55-1

🟠 Difficulty: Advanced

⏳ Lasting: Medium–High

🌸 Note: Heart / Base

Description

Trimethyl Pyrazine is a powerful pyrazine-type aroma chemical known for its characteristic roasted and warm odor. Its profile combines nutty, earthy, roasted, cocoa-like and slightly burnt nuances, making it particularly useful when a composition requires depth and a cooked or toasted effect.

In perfumery, Trimethyl Pyrazine is primarily a specialty character material rather than a conventional floral or woody ingredient. It can be used in trace amounts to create roasted, nutty, coffee-like, cocoa and tobacco-style effects. Its distinctive character can also add realism to gourmand and dark oriental compositions.

Because pyrazine materials can be extremely powerful, Trimethyl Pyrazine is generally handled at very low concentrations. A carefully controlled amount can add complexity and warmth, while excessive use can quickly dominate the fragrance with a strongly roasted or burnt character.

Odor Profile

• Roasted

• Nutty

• Earthy

• Cocoa-like

• Toasted

• Warm

• Slightly burnt

• Savory

Recommended Formulation Level (Educational guideline only)

• Trace: 0.0005–0.005%

• General use: 0.005–0.05%

• High-impact accords: 0.05–0.20%

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

Works Well With

• Coffee materials

• Cocoa materials

• Vanillin

• Ethyl Vanillin

• Coumarin

• Maltol

• Ethyl Maltol

• Furaneol

• Tabanone

• Tobacco Absolute

• Patchouli

• Labdanum

Common Applications

• Fine Fragrance

• Attars

• Gourmand Fragrances

• Coffee Accords

• Cocoa Accords

• Tobacco Accords

• Roasted Accords

• Oriental Fragrances

• Experimental Perfumery

• Flavor Applications (where applicable)

Perfumers' Tip

Trimethyl Pyrazine should be treated as a high-impact trace material. Prepare a highly diluted solution before adding it to a formula. It can give coffee, cocoa, roasted nut and tobacco accords remarkable realism, but even a small increase can shift the composition toward an overly burnt or savory character.