Methyl Ionone Gamma A
Synthetic Ingredient for Perfumery
Methyl Ionone Gamma A, a key fragrance compound, exhibits a rich floral, violet-like odor profile with velvety, orris, and slightly woody and fruity nuances. Notable for its 'creamy' top-note and consistent powdery-sweet dry out, it's integral in enhancing floral, woody, and leathery notes in perfumes, contributing up to 25% in certain formulations.
Ideal for Ylang-Ylang, Vetiver, and Salicylate blends.
🏭 Manufacturer — IFF
📂 CAS Number — 1335-46-2
⚖️ MW — Depends on the mixture of the isomers
📝 Odor Type — Floral, Violet
👃🏼 Odor Profile — Floral, velvety, violet, orris, a bit woody, fruity (BASF). The most refined grades, which are quite expensive, often show a very attractive “creamy”(very important) top-note and a most uniform, powdery-sweet dry out performance.
👅 Flavor Profile — Floral, violet-orris, woody, dry fruity (BASF).
⚗️ Uses — This type of Methyl ionones can support floral notes in Ylang-Ylang as well as woody notes in Vetiver, or leathery notes in Salicylates, etc. Certain types of perfumes contain up to 25% of this material.
⚠️ Methyl ionones are a mixture of isomers ⚠️
ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE (main component)
