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Rose Ketones

Rose Ketones (CAS 24720-09-0) is one of the fragrance allergens the European Union requires to be named on a label once it passes a threshold. It is rarely something you added on purpose: 40 materials in this catalog carry it as a constituent, which is how a formula ends up over the line without a single line item admitting to it.

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What Rose Ketones smells like

Fruity-rose ketone with a fresher, more apple-and-mint character than the beta isomer, plus blackcurrant and tea facets. Adds naturalistic rose-fruit sparkle to modern roses and fruity florals at trace levels.

It is a material in its own right, not only a line on a label: its catalog page carries the full profile.

Rose Ketones itself

Olfactive family
Fruity
Volatility band
Heart
Impact
9 of 10
Origin
Synthetic
IFRA, Category 4
0.043% of the finished product
GHS
H317 · Warning

The ceiling is the SUM of the rose ketone isomers, damascones and damascenone included, not a separate allowance for each one.

Where Rose Ketones comes from on a shelf

22 of the 45 carriers in this catalog are naturals and 23 are synthetic. The heaviest carrier that is not the molecule itself is Tobacco absolute, at about 1.5%.

Which materials carry Rose Ketones

MaterialEstimated content
alpha-Damascone the material itself 100%
beta-Damascone the material itself 100%
Damascenone the material itself 100%
delta-Damascone the material itself 100%
Damascenone Total the material itself 100%
Tobacco absolute 1.5%
Ionone Fruity (F-TEC) 1.0%
Mimosa Absolute 1.0%
Osmanthus Absolute 1.0%
Rose Otto Taif (Rosa damascena trigintipetala, Saudi) 0.60%
Geranium Essential Oil Bourbon 0.50%
Geranium Essential Oil Egypt 0.50%
Honeybush CO2 Extract 0.50%
Mimosa Concrete 0.50%
Prune (F-TEC) 0.50%
Prunol 0.50%
Rose Absolute India (Rosa damascena, Kannauj) 0.50%
Rose CO2 Extract (Rosa damascena, select) 0.50%
Rose Otto (Rosa damascena) 0.50%
Rose Otto Iran (Rosa damascena, Kashan) 0.50%
Rose Wardia 0.50%
Rose Absolute Turkey (Rosa damascena) 0.40%
Rose Otto Turkey (Rosa damascena, Isparta) 0.40%
Dewberry (F-TEC) 0.30%
Honey Provence (Firmenich) 0.30%
Honey Provence (Firmenich) 0.30%
Raspberry (F-TEC) 0.30%
Rose Absolute Morocco (Rosa centifolia) 0.30%
Rose Concrete (Rosa damascena) 0.30%
Rose de Mai (F-TEC) 0.30%
Tobacco (F-TEC) 0.30%
Mango Natural 0.21%
Rosa alba Absolute (White Rose) 0.20%
Rose Absolute (Rosa damascena) 0.20%
Rose de Mai Absolute (Rosa centifolia) 0.20%
Rose de Mai Concrete (Rosa centifolia) 0.20%
Broom (F-TEC) 0.15%
Honey Supreme 0.02%
Honey Supreme 0.02%
Whisky CO2 0.02%
Apple Supreme 0.01%
Honey Supreme 0.01%
Apple (F-TEC) 0.01%
Sandalwood Base X3 0.00%
Broom (F-TEC) 0.00%

Estimates from typical published compositions, not a certificate of analysis for your bottle. A supplier's own figures always win.

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