Globalide 100 (Habanolide)
Synthetic Ingredient for Perfumery
Globalide 100 (Habanolide), a medium-strength, long-lasting musk, offers an elegantly refined scent with a unique blend of sweet, powdery notes and a distinct waxy, metallic undertone.
Ideal for a range of uses, it merges the robust intensity of aromatic musks with the sophistication of macrocyclic musks.
🏭 Manufacturer — Symrise
📂 CAS N° 34902-57-3
⚖️ MW — 238.37 g/mol
📝 Odor Type — Musk
📈 Odor Strength — Medium, Stays 2 weeks on paper.
👃🏼 Odor Profile — Extremely elegant musk odor. Very performing musk note typical of macrocyclic musks with a waxy and slightly metallic undertone. Musk, sweet, powdery, hot-iron
⚗️ Uses — GLOBALIDE 100® (Habanolide) is a very powerful musk. It combines the strength and tenacity of the aromatic musks with the pleasantness and elegance of the macrocyclic musks.
Habanolid was found as an impurity in products such as exolid super during an attempt to get better reactions to the synthesis of exaltolid. It possesses a radiance, elegance, and beauty that I find indescribable.
Unique Properties of Habanolid
The accords including it are limitless, and the olfactive strength of the unsaturated macrocyclic musk chemicals is much higher than the saturated ones that have been used for decades, such as muscone, exaltenone, and exaltolid.
Applications in Perfumery
Habanolid has been used in many fantasies whose most remarkable example is Bulgari for Men. Here, its extraordinary, powerful, and long-lasting musky effect is imparted along with muscenone, another unsaturated macrocyclic musk chemical.
Sources:
National Center for Biotechnology Information (2020). PubChem Compound Summary for CID 9856149, Oxacyclohexadec-12-en-2-one, (12E)-. Retrieved November 25, 2020 from https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Oxacyclohexadec-12-en-2-one_-_12E.
