Base Ingredient Overview
📘 Ingredient Type — Base Fragrance Ingredient (synthetic blend)
📝 Odor Type — Gourmand / Milky / Buttery
📈 Odor Strength — Medium intensity; performs from heart to base note
👃🏼 Odor Profile — Sweet, cake-like, buttery, vanilla, creamy, with a citrus rind nuance that adds lift
⚗️ Uses — Used in gourmand perfumes, dessert-inspired cosmetics, scented body care, and layered sweet compositions
🧴 Appearance — Clear to pale yellow liquid
What is Cake Fragrance Base?
Cake Fragrance Base is a pre-constructed fragrance base, formulated to deliver the indulgent sensory experience of fresh sponge cake, creamy frosting, and sweet vanilla pastry. It is composed of synthetic aroma molecules selected to evoke both edible familiarity and perfumery elegance, including lactones for creaminess, vanillin-type compounds for warmth, and citrusy top-note enhancers to maintain brightness.
As a base ingredient, it supports a wide range of applications—from fine fragrance to personal care—and is particularly effective in gourmand, nostalgic, and bakery-themed olfactive directions.
Olfactory Behavior and Applications
This base serves primarily in the heart and base registers of a composition. It is commonly used to:
Enhance the warmth and richness of vanilla-based structures
Add roundness and milky sweetness to floral or fruity perfumes
Soften the edges of aldehydic or green compositions
Create pastry-like backbones for dessert-inspired fragrance lines
Cake Fragrance Base is particularly well-suited for:
Gourmand eau de parfums and eau de toilettes
Body lotions, whipped creams, and milky emulsions
Scented mists, bath products, and cozy seasonal collections
Sources
Fulvio Ciccolo, Creative Base Design Notes
Perfumery Raw Materials Handbook, Internal Training (2023)
IFRA Standards Documentation
Formulation Stability Testing Notes – Scentspiracy Studio (2024)
S. Arctander – General Framework on Fragrance Bases
Scentspiracy Research Archive – Gourmand Accord Structures