Aroma ChemicalCreamyTop note
Diacetyl.
Delivers an intensely buttery, sweet aroma with creamy caramellic facets and a distinctly pungent character that evokes freshly churned butter and warm vanilla custard
CAS Registry
431-03-8
Odor Strength
High
Pyramid
Top
IFRA Status
Unrestricted
Cat 4 · Fine fragranceFrom the literature
TGSC, suppliers, and others, quoted as filed.
Mosciano, Gerard P&F 16, No. 6, 43, (1991)“Sweet, creamy, buttery, pungent, with a pungent caramellic nuance”
Luebke, William tgsc, (1989)“Strong butter sweet creamy pungent caramel”
Moellhausen“Creamy, fat, vanilla”
Functional profile
How perfumers typically use Diacetyl — concentration ranges (min · median · max) across community formulas.
Accent
3 formulas
Common formula contexts
Fragrance styles and categories where Diacetyl appears most often.
Fresh Citrus
1 formula
Complex Composition
1 formula
Oriental Amber
1 formula
