Galaxolide ® 50%
Synthetic Ingredient for Perfumery
Galaxolide, a polycyclic musk, is renowned for its medium strength odor. It exudes a clean, floral scent with hints of white flowers, ambrette seed, and fruity red fruits, balanced by a sweet, slightly soapy aroma.
As an iso-chroman musk, it's widely used for its powerful, versatile fragrance, offering exceptional persistence and a quality akin to macrocyclic musks, ideal for mid-notes in perfumery.
Diluted in 50% DPG for easier manipulation
🏭 Manufacturer — IFF
📂 CAS N° 1222-05-5
⚖️ MW — 258.4 g/mol
📝 Odour Type — Musk, polycyclic.
📈 Odour Strength — Medium. Stays 400hrs
👃🏼 Odour Profile — Clean, floral, white flower, ambrette seed, fruity red fruits, sweet++ and a bit soapy.
⚗️ Uses — Good to have a musky note in mid. A clean, powerful and versatile iso-chroman musk having exceptional persistence and a superb fragrance quality approaching the tone of macrocyclic musks.
What is Galaxolide?
Galaxolide (trade name) — also known as Abbalide, Pearlide, Astrolide, Musk 50, Polarlide;
Chemical name — 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8,-hexamethyl-cyclopenta[g]benzopyran or HHCB) is a synthetic fragrance with a clean sweet musky floral woody odor used in fragrances. It is one of the musk components that perfume and cologne manufacturers use to add a musk odor to their products.
Galaxolide was discovered at IFF in the 1960s, by Heering and Beets, and was first synthesized in 1965, and used in the late 1960s in some fabric softeners and detergents. High concentrations were also incorporated in fine fragrances. Its discovery was mainly due to the work by Beets on the osmophoric group of the polycyclic musks, where they tried to improve existing synthetic musks by making them more stable and hydrophobic.
Note — Make a simple experience: Take 10% of Benzyl Acetate and mix it with 90% of Galaxolide. This solution will keep the smell of Benzyl acetate longer than 8 hours compared to the standard 1 hour of Benzyl Acetate alone. With this trick we can demonstrate how the musks traps the volatile molecules.
Sources and informations
Fulvio Ciccolo, 2020
National Center for Biotechnology Information (2020). PubChem Compound Summary for CID 91497, Galaxolide. Retrieved November 25, 2020 from https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Galaxolide.
