Aroma Chemicals
Beta ionone smells like a sweet, fruity-floral violet with warm, woody, and slightly dry notes, reminiscent of beeswax and raspberries.
Odor Strength
Medium
Odor Type
Floral
No functional profile data available.
No formula context data available.
Mosciano, Gerard P&F 16, No. 4, 45, (1991): Sweet, fruity, woody, berry-like with floral and seedy nuances
Luebke, William tgsc, (1998): Dry powdery floral woody orris berry seedy
Perfumers Apprentice: Floral, orris, fruity, berry, woody.
Ionone beta has a particularly intense freesia character. the volume of ionone beta is emphasized by a fruity, somewhat raspberry-like background.
Usage: it is useful in the formulation of boronia and indispensable in violet compositions. it has good substantivity and is used in all areas of perfumery.
Use level: up to 20%