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Levulinic Acid

CAS 123-76-2  ·  Synthetic  ·  Base note  ·  Abstract

Impact

2 of 10

Substantivity

17 days on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Sweet 55%Gourmand 27%Aldehydic 18%
caramel 55%caramel 27%waxy 18%

What does Levulinic Acid smell like?

Faint sweetish, slightly caramellic-acidic character. Used mainly as a fixative and pH/functional adjunct in flavor and fragrance work.

sweetcaramelwaxy

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What else is Levulinic Acid called?

4-Oxopentanoic acid  ·  beta-Acetylpropionic acid

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What can replace Levulinic Acid?

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.

  • 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
    carries Caramel sweet, Caramel gourmand. Waxy aldehydic; louder, so use a little less; lasts about 6.3x shorter on paper
    69%
  • 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural 67% + Chocolate Key Accord 33%
    carries Caramel sweet, Caramel gourmand. Waxy aldehydic; 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural brings the Caramel gourmand side (67%); Chocolate Key Accord brings the Chocolate gourmand side (33%); louder, so use a little less; lasts about 4.0x shorter on paper
    69%
  • 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural 36% + Maltol 64%
    carries Caramel sweet, Caramel gourmand. Waxy aldehydic; 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural brings the Caramel gourmand side (36%); Maltol brings the Caramel sweet side (64%); louder, so use a little less
    68%
  • 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural 63% + Abhexon 37%
    carries Caramel sweet, Caramel gourmand. Waxy aldehydic; 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural brings the Caramel gourmand side (63%); Abhexon brings the Maple gourmand side (37%); louder, so use a little less; lasts about 2.1x shorter on paper
    68%
  • Caramel Acetate
    carries Caramel sweet, Caramel gourmand. Waxy aldehydic; louder, so use a little less; lasts about 6.3x shorter on paper
    63%

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Which materials are closest to Levulinic Acid?

Ranked by shared olfactive sub-categories, not alphabetically.

How much does PerfuMate know about one material?

Counted from the file the app ships, the moment this page was built.

Levulinic Acid

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
2
Hours on a blotter
17 days
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
2
Constituent breakdown
not on file

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Described in words
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Impact rating out of 10
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Classified into an olfactive family
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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.