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Maltol

CAS 118-71-8  ·  Synthetic  ·  Base note  ·  Caramel toffee

Impact

6 of 10

Substantivity

16 days on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Sweet 55%Gourmand 27%Fruity 18%
caramel 45%jammy 36%caramel 18%

What does Maltol smell like?

Warm, sweet caramel-toffee note with jammy fruit and freshly-baked-bread nuances, softer and less screechy than ethyl maltol. Adds cozy baked sweetness to gourmand, amber and fruity compositions.

sweetcarameljammywarm

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What else is Maltol called?

3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyrone  ·  Larixinic acid  ·  Veltol

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Which materials are closest to Maltol?

Ranked by shared olfactive sub-categories, not alphabetically.

Published formulas using Maltol

Published formulas: PerfuMate's house accords and formulas members chose to publish. The figure is its share of the concentrate.

What blends well with Maltol?

Read from the published formulas: beside Maltol in at least two of them.

What can replace Maltol?

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.

  • Ethyl Maltol
    carries Caramel sweet, Jammy sweet, Caramel gourmand, Jammy fruity
    90%
  • Mesifurane 80% + Caramel Acetate 20%
    carries Caramel sweet, Jammy sweet, Caramel gourmand. Jammy fruity; Toffee gourmand; Mesifurane brings the Caramel sweet side (80%); Caramel Acetate brings the Caramel gourmand side (20%); lasts about 2.7x shorter on paper
    77%
  • Mesifurane
    carries Caramel sweet, Jammy sweet, Caramel gourmand. Jammy fruity; Toffee gourmand; louder, so use a little less; lasts about 2.4x shorter on paper
    71%
  • Mesifurane 78% + Butyl Butyryl Lactate 22%
    carries Caramel sweet, Jammy sweet, Caramel gourmand, Jammy fruity. Toffee gourmand; Mesifurane brings the Caramel sweet side (78%); Butyl Butyryl Lactate brings the Milky gourmand side (22%); lasts about 2.8x shorter on paper
    75%
  • Mesifurane 79% + Homofuraneol 21%
    carries Caramel sweet, Jammy sweet, Caramel gourmand, Jammy fruity. Toffee gourmand; Mesifurane brings the Caramel sweet side (79%); Homofuraneol brings the Caramel gourmand side (21%); louder, so use a little less; lasts about 2.3x shorter on paper
    73%

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Maltol

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
6
Hours on a blotter
16 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.