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Farnesol

CAS 4602-84-0  ·  Synthetic  ·  Base note  ·  Green floral

Impact

3 of 10

Substantivity

17 days on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 50% both are common on the bench
Floral 50%Green 25%Aldehydic 17%Resinous 8%
muguet 50%leafy 25%green 17%balsamic 8%

What does Farnesol smell like?

Delicate, waxy linden-muguet sesquiterpene alcohol with a mild green-floral, slightly balsamic petal character; natural in rose, jasmine and tuberose. Quiet fixative that prolongs floral hearts and doubles as a deodorizing agent.

floralmuguetgreenwaxybalsamic

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What else is Farnesol called?

3,7,11-Trimethyl-2,6,10-dodecatrien-1-ol  ·  Farnesol 96  ·  Farnesyl alcohol

Restricted under IFRA. This material carries a restriction. PerfuMate checks your formula against the 51st Amendment as you build, including the same molecule arriving from several naturals at once. What that covers, and what it does not.

How much Farnesol can go in a perfume (IFRA limit) Check a formula with Farnesol in the free IFRA calculator

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What can replace Farnesol?

Computed, not collected from forums. A pair covers together what one cannot. The number is how much of this material's character a bottle carries, not a promise that it is the same thing.

  • Farnesyl Acetate
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral. Waxy aldehydic; Balsamic resinous
    78%
  • cis-3-Hexenyl Salicylate 63% + Lysmerex 37%
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral, Balsamic resinous. Waxy aldehydic; cis-3-Hexenyl Salicylate brings the Leafy green side (63%); Lysmerex brings the Muguet floral side (37%); lasts about 3.0x shorter on paper
    79%
  • Isophytol 35% + Lysmerex 35% + Hexyl Benzoate 30%
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral, Balsamic resinous. Waxy aldehydic; Isophytol brings the Green floral side (35%); Lysmerex brings the Muguet floral side (35%); Hexyl Benzoate brings the Balsamic resinous side (30%); lasts about 2.2x shorter on paper
    83%
  • Farnesyl Acetate 87% + Lilial Substitute IFRA 13%
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral. Waxy aldehydic; Balsamic resinous; Farnesyl Acetate brings the Muguet floral side (87%); Lilial Substitute IFRA brings the Muguet floral side (13%)
    78%
  • Farnesyl Acetate 80% + Nerolidyl Acetate 20%
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral, Waxy aldehydic. Balsamic resinous; Farnesyl Acetate brings the Muguet floral side (80%); Nerolidyl Acetate brings the Muguet floral side (20%)
    77%

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Farnesol

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
4
Sub-categories under them
4
Impact, out of 10
3
Hours on a blotter
17 days
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
3
Constituent breakdown
not on file

All 2,211 materials

Described in words
every one
Impact rating out of 10
2125
Classified into an olfactive family
2,172
Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
9,899 across 229 pairs
A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

Every regulatory join - IFRA, GHS, allergens - is by CAS number, and a material can supply one through its constituents as well as its own row, so of the 569 materials carrying no CAS number the 244 without a constituent table are the ones that return "nothing known" rather than "nothing applies". The blotter hours are sourced rather than measured by us, and the app labels every one of them an estimate. There is no physical chemistry on a row: no molecular weight, no vapour pressure, no boiling point. The longer answer, or the whole catalog counted.