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l-Limonene

CAS 5989-54-8  ·  Synthetic  ·  Top note  ·  Terpenic citrus

Impact

4 of 10

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Citrus 55%Herbal 27%Woody 18%
citrus 55%minty 27%woody 18%

What does l-Limonene smell like?

Citrus, orange, minty and woody: the laevo enantiomer reads pine-needle and turpentine rather than the sweet orange peel of its dextro twin, with a herbal, faintly peppery terpene edge. It occurs in pine needle and fir cone oils, turpentine, star anise, peppermint and spearmint. Takasago sells it to give lift and freshness to citrus fragrances, where it carries bergamot, orange, lemon, mandarin and grapefruit; TGSC rates the odour medium with 4 hours substantivity at 100%. Stable in most bases but not in alkaline bleach, and like all limonene it oxidises, so it is bought fresh and stored cold.

citrusfreshmintyherbalwoodyaromatic

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What else is l-Limonene called?

l-Limonene - 80  ·  (S)-(-)-Limonene  ·  laevo-Limonene  ·  (4S)-Limonene  ·  (S)-p-Mentha-1,8-diene

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 l-Limonene can go in a perfume (IFRA limit) Check a formula with l-Limonene in the free IFRA calculator

Work out a 10% dilution of l-Limonene with the free dilution calculator

What can replace l-Limonene?

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.

  • Opalene 64% + Menthyl lactate 36%
    carries citrus, Minty herbal. Woody; Opalene brings the citrus side (64%); Menthyl lactate brings the Minty herbal side (36%); lasts about 2.2x longer on paper
    79%
  • Opalene 55% + Menthyl lactate 25% + Herbac 20%
    carries citrus, Minty herbal. Woody; Opalene brings the citrus side (55%); Menthyl lactate brings the Minty herbal side (25%); Herbac brings the Camphor herbal side (20%); lasts about 2.5x longer on paper
    82%
  • Opalene 59% + Menthone 41%
    carries citrus, Minty herbal. Woody; Opalene brings the citrus side (59%); Menthone brings the Minty herbal side (41%)
    75%
  • Opalene 59% + Frescolat MGA 41%
    carries citrus, Minty herbal. Woody; Opalene brings the citrus side (59%); Frescolat MGA brings the Minty herbal side (41%); lasts about 2.3x longer on paper
    74%
  • Opalene 59% + Pulegone 41%
    carries citrus, Minty herbal. Woody; Opalene brings the citrus side (59%); Pulegone brings the Minty herbal side (41%)
    74%

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Which materials are closest to l-Limonene?

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How much does PerfuMate know about one material?

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l-Limonene

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
4
Hours on a blotter
estimated from family and band
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
5
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.