Synthetics
Alpha isomethyl ionone smells like a sweet, powdery violet with floral and woody notes.
Luebke, William tgsc, (1985): Violet sweet orris powdery floral woody
Taytonn ASCC: Floral, powder/ powdery, tobacco, woody
Pell Wall Perfumes: Floral-violet, fruity, powdery, woody, tea-like
It is extremely versatile in character, and effects ranging from sweet floral to tobacco-like or woody are obtainable with various grades of subject material. the most refined grades, which are quite expensive, often show a very attractive creamy’ top-note and a most uniform, powdery-sweet dryout performance. this type of methylionone can support floral notes in ylang-ylang as well as woody notes in vetiver, or leathery notes in salicylates, etc. certain types of perfume contain up to 25% or more of this material. many soap perfumes are based upon a large volume of common-grade methylonone with the subject isomer as pre-dominant component.” calkin & jellinek talk about methyl ionone: “methyl ionone is one of the most versatile materials used in perfumery. although it occurs in a number of different isomeric forms … the qualities most widely used today are either the gamma (ISO-alpha) form or a mixture of isomers in which this predominates. in odor it lies somewhere between floral, woody, and iris, working in a perfume as a bridge between the middle and base notes. it blends with almost every type of material, taking its place as a structural component in many of the great perfume families.”
IFF: Woody, tobacco, floral (orris and violet). powdery tone
Fraterworks: Woody, floral, violet, orris. methyl ionone gamma coeur is the most floral and sweet of the methyl ionone family (outside of the firmenich iralia® and isoraldeine cetone alpha).
This product has a premium odour despite its surprisingly low price. if you can't afford the supreme iralia or isoraldeine cetone alpha, this is the product you need.
Due to manufacturing shortages with takasago we have switched our supplier to iff.
Methyl ionone gamma coeur contains the highest amount of the weaker alpha isomethyl ionone (CAS 127-51-5) while the power behind methyl ionone alpha extra is that it contains the highest quantity of the stronger alpha methyl ionone isomer (CAS 7779-30-8)
Iralia®: finest and sweetest all round iris / violet chemical. historic.
Methyl ionone gamma coeur: cheapest. floral, violet, soft, powdery.
Methyl ionone alpha extra: bolder, orris, leather, beeswax. diffusive. long lasting.
IFF: Woody, floral, violet
Woody, tobacco, floral (orris and violet). powdery tone. great strength as both top and body notes. excellent performance to cost ratio.
Perfumers Apprentice: - synonym: alpha-ISO methyl ionone
- woody, tobacco, floral (orris and violet). powdery tone. great strength as both top and body notes. excellent performance to cost ratio.