Gamma-Decalactone

Aroma Chemicals

Gamma-Decalactone

Presents a rich, creamy lactonic character dominated by sweet coconut and peach facets with underlying fatty-buttery nuances.

Aroma ChemicalMiddleCAS: 706-14-9

Odor Strength

Medium

Odor Type

Creamy

PeachApricot

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Gamma-Decalactone in their compositions.

Accent

14 formulas

0.0%0.3%0.6%

Build

12 formulas

0.0%7.0%17.6%

Enhance

11 formulas

0.6%2.5%6.6%

Modulate

9 formulas

0.0%3.3%18.3%

Support

5 formulas

2.0%3.9%5.8%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Gamma-Decalactone appears most often.

Complex Composition

12 formulas

0.0%4.9%18.3%

Floral Bouquet

10 formulas

0.0%2.7%17.6%

Fresh Citrus

5 formulas

0.0%4.6%9.2%

Oriental Amber

4 formulas

0.1%0.3%0.6%

Woody Aromatic

2 formulas

0.1%0.2%0.3%

TGSC Descriptions

Mosciano, Gerard P&F 21, No. 2, 47, (1996): Fruity, peach, creamy and sweet with a fatty nuance

Luebke, William tgsc, (1997): Fresh oily waxy peach coconut buttery sweet

Other Descriptions

Gamma-Decalactone

Moellhausen: Sweet, fruity, peach, cocoa

PerfumersWorld: Fatty creamy coconut buttery vanilla sweet sweet lactonic slightly fruity coconut peach fruity peach-like

Pell Wall Perfumes: Fruity-peach, creamy, sweet
Fruity-peach, creamy and extremely persistent. arctander tells us “it finds use in floral perfume compositions, particularly those of gardenia and other heavy floral type, and often in combination with considerable amounts of synthetic musks.”

IFF: Sweet, fruity, creamy, peach