Rose Oxide

Aroma Chemicals

Rose Oxide

Delivers an intensely diffusive, gassy-green floral character with metallic rose facets and poor longevity despite its powerful lift.

Aroma ChemicalTopCAS: 16409-43-1

Odor Strength

High

Odor Type

Floral

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Rose Oxide in their compositions.

Accent

16 formulas

0.0%1.4%5.9%

Enhance

8 formulas

1.7%1.7%1.7%

Build

6 formulas

0.2%7.9%28.8%

Support

1 formulas

0.2%0.2%0.2%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Rose Oxide appears most often.

Floral Bouquet

11 formulas

0.1%5.0%28.8%

Complex Composition

5 formulas

0.2%1.8%5.9%

Fresh Citrus

3 formulas

0.0%0.5%1.5%

Oriental Amber

3 formulas

0.4%1.2%1.7%

TGSC Descriptions

Mosciano, Gerard P&F 20, No. 3, 63, (1995): Green, vegetative, floral, herbal and slightly camphoreous with a spicy nuance

Luebke, William tgsc, (1995): Green red rose spicy fresh geranium

Other Descriptions

Rose Oxide

Symrise: A compound with an intensive note of roses
Stable in: body lotion (good), shampoo (good), soap (good), ap roll-on (good), powder (very good), cleaner citric (good), cleaner apc (good), bleach (poor).

Moellhausen: Herbaceous, floreal, fruity

Rose Oxide (Racemic)

Pell Wall Perfumes: Floral-rose, green-geranium, metalic, wet
Arctander describes it as “penetrating and very diffusive, gassy-green or hard’ green, floral odor of poor tenacity. the resemblance to geranium appears only upon dilution of the rose oxide, and best in a composition. the diluted material has also a rose-like character.”