Veratraldehyde

Aroma Chemicals

Veratraldehyde

Presents a rich, creamy vanilla character with heliotrope-like sweetness and warm woody undertones, offering more depth and complexity than simple vanillin

Aroma ChemicalMiddleCAS: 120-14-9

Odor Strength

Medium ,Recommend Smelling In A 10.00 % Solution Or Less

Odor Type

Gourmand

Vanilla

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Veratraldehyde in their compositions.

Accent

4 formulas

0.5%0.5%0.5%

Modulate

3 formulas

0.1%0.8%2.1%

Build

2 formulas

0.9%1.9%2.8%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Veratraldehyde appears most often.

Floral Bouquet

2 formulas

0.1%0.1%0.2%

Complex Composition

2 formulas

0.9%1.9%2.8%

Oriental Amber

1 formulas

2.1%2.1%2.1%

Woody Aromatic

1 formulas

0.5%0.5%0.5%

TGSC Descriptions

Mosciano, Gerard P&F 18, No. 2, 38, (1993): Sweet, creamy, vanillin, powdery, herbal with a slight phenolic nuance

Luebke, William tgsc, (1989): Sweet woody vanilla

Other Descriptions

Veratraldehyde

Moellhausen: Very sweet, woody, vanilla and heliotrope notes

Pell Wall Perfumes: Sweet-vanilla, creamy, heliotropine, woody, coumarin
Arctander suggests that “a pure grade of veratraldehyde is an excellent perfume material with more warmth and depth than vanillin, and excellent effect in oriental’ type fragrances, woody-musky bases, etc. it is also an interesting variation of or companion to anisaldehyde.”