Dimethyl Sulfide
Synthetics
Dimethyl Sulfide
Has an intensely pungent, sulfurous character with vegetable-like facets reminiscent of cooked cabbage, sweet corn, and raw onion that requires extreme dilution to become useful in perfumery
Odor Strength
High ,Recommend Smelling In A 0.10 % Solution Or Less
Odor Type
Sulfurous
Functional Profile
How perfumers typically use Dimethyl Sulfide in their compositions.
Accent
8 formulas
Modulate
4 formulas
Common Formula Contexts
Fragrance styles and categories where Dimethyl Sulfide appears most often.
Complex Composition
8 formulas
TGSC Descriptions
Mosciano, Gerard P&F 23, No. 5, 49, (1998): Sulfurous, dimethyl sulfide, creamy, tomato, fishy, scallop, berry fruity and vegetative nuances
Luebke, William tgsc, (1998): Sulfury onion sweet corn vegetable cabbage tomato green radish
Other Descriptions
Dimethyl Sulfide ≥95%
Blue Marble Biomaterials: Sulfury, onion, sweet, corn, vegetable, cabbage, tomato, green, radish
Dimethyl Sulphide, Neat
Pell Wall Perfumes: Cabbage, sulphurous, onion, creamy. very powerful and diffusive
Can be used in perfumes only in the most extreme dilution to add realism to gourmand (particularly coffee, chocolate and similar), fruity and certain flower perfumes, particularly rose. can also be used as part of an authentic sea-breeze accord as this material has been shown to be the actual source of the smell of the sea, commonly described as ozone’.
Dimethyl Sulphide 0.1% In TEC
Pell Wall Perfumes: Cabbage, sulphurous, onion, creamy. very powerful and diffusive
Can be used in perfumes only in the most extreme dilution to add realism to gourmand (particularly coffee, chocolate and similar), fruity and certain flower perfumes, particularly rose.
Dimethyl Sulphide: Natural Isolate
Pell Wall Perfumes: Cabbage, sulphurous, onion, creamy. very powerful and diffusive
Don’t underestimate the power of this material: even small amounts can leave your perfume smelling of little more than boiled cabbage and raw onions, while a tiny amount can add creamy-warmth and diffusion.
Dimethyl Sulphide At 0.1% In Ethanol
Pell Wall Perfumes: Cabbage, sulphurous, onion, creamy
Arctander describes the smell like this: “extremely diffusive, repulsive odor, reminiscent of wild radish, sharp, green, cabbage-like. only in very high dilution it becomes bearable and almost acceptable, pleasant, vegetable-like.”
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