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Benzophenone

Aroma Chemicals

Benzophenone

Has a faint, powdery-rosy geranium-like odor with metallic undertones that evolves to reveal woody, lacquered facets and a prominent rose character on drydown.

Aroma ChemicalBaseCAS: 119-61-9

Odor Strength

Medium ,Recommend Smelling In A 10.00 % Solution Or Less

Odor Type

Amber

Balsamic

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Benzophenone in their compositions.

Support

2 formulas

0.3%2.7%5.2%

Build

1 formulas

5.3%5.3%5.3%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Benzophenone appears most often.

Complex Composition

2 formulas

5.2%5.2%5.3%

Floral Bouquet

1 formulas

0.3%0.3%0.3%

TGSC Descriptions

Luebke, William tgsc, (1981): Balsam rose metallic powdery geranium

Other Descriptions

Benzophenone

Moellhausen: Fruity, citric note, sweet, geranium

PerfumersWorld: Sweet aromatic slightly-rose fruity-vinyl very faint powdery-rosy geranium-like odor with a slightly metallic note

Pell Wall Perfumes: Floral-rose, powdery, geranium, metalic
Arctander describes it like this: “used extensively in perfumes for sweet-woody-geranium-like notes in low-cost fragrances, soap perfumes, etc. useful as a fixative. it has an extremely low vapor pressure at room temperature, and its effect upon the fragrance is only perceptible and apparent in mixtures with lower boiling items or at higher temperatures.”

Benzophenone molecular structure or representationimg: perfumersworld

Essential Specs

Odor Type:
Amber
CAS #:
119-61-9
Odor Strength:
Medium
Pyramid:
Base