Gamma Dodecalactone
Aroma Chemicals
Gamma Dodecalactone
Delivers a rich, lactonic fruitiness with pronounced peach and apricot facets, balanced by a creamy, fatty-waxy character and subtle musky undertones.
Odor Strength
Medium
Odor Type
Fruity
Functional Profile
How perfumers typically use Gamma Dodecalactone in their compositions.
Build
2 formulas
Common Formula Contexts
Fragrance styles and categories where Gamma Dodecalactone appears most often.
Complex Composition
2 formulas
TGSC Descriptions
Luebke, William tgsc, (1996): Fatty peach sweet metallic fruity
Other Descriptions
Gamma-Dodecalactone
IFF: Sweet, fruity, musky, peach, pear
Pell Wall Perfumes: Fruity-peach, creamy, sweet
Arctander recommends it for fruity-fatty topnotes and long tenacity in, for example, heavy floral fragrances and says: “it is also used in combination with newer synthetic musks to produce exceptional tenacity and lasting sweetness in powdery and in floral types.”
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