Dimethyl Sulfide

Aroma Chemicals

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

Aroma ChemicalTopCAS: 75-18-3

Odor Strength

High

Odor Type

Sulfurous

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Dimethyl Sulfide in their compositions.

Accent

8 formulas

0.0%0.0%0.0%

Modulate

4 formulas

0.0%0.1%0.1%

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

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.”