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Mefranal

CAS 55066-49-4  ·  Synthetic  ·  Heart note  ·  Waxy aldehydic

Impact

6 of 10

Substantivity

7.7 days on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Aldehydic 46%Floral 23%Citrus 15%Green 8%Woody 8%
waxy 69%lemon 15%leafy 8%dry 8%

What does Mefranal smell like?

Clean aldehydic lily-of-the-valley with a green, lemon-geranium brightness and a waxy-woody drydown. Far more substantive than a citrus aldehyde, so it carries that fresh aldehydic lift right through the heart of muguet and fabric-care florals instead of flashing off the top.

aldehydicmuguetgreengeraniumfreshwaxywoody

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What else is Mefranal called?

3-Methyl-5-phenylpentanal  ·  3-Methyl-5-phenyl-1-pentanal  ·  Lily pentanal  ·  Citralis PQ  ·  Phenyl methyl pentanal  ·  beta-Methyl benzene pentanal

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What can replace Mefranal?

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.

  • Hydroxycitronellal Dimethyl Acetal
    carries Waxy aldehydic, Muguet floral, Lily floral, Leafy green. Clean aldehydic; Lemon citrus; Dry woody; Zesty citrus; lasts about 2.2x longer on paper
    61%
  • Hydroxycitronellal Dimethyl Acetal 57% + Adoxal 43%
    carries Waxy aldehydic, Clean aldehydic, Muguet floral, Lily floral. Lemon citrus; Dry woody; Zesty citrus; Hydroxycitronellal Dimethyl Acetal brings the Muguet floral side (57%); Adoxal brings the Clean aldehydic side (43%)
    74%
  • Hydroxycitronellal Dimethyl Acetal 70% + Precyclemone B 30%
    carries Waxy aldehydic, Clean aldehydic, Muguet floral, Lily floral. Lemon citrus; Dry woody; Zesty citrus; Hydroxycitronellal Dimethyl Acetal brings the Muguet floral side (70%); Precyclemone B brings the Clean aldehydic side (30%)
    71%
  • Hydroxycitronellal Dimethyl Acetal 55% + Alcohol C-11 Undecylenic (10-Undecenol) 25% + Precyclemone B 20%
    carries Waxy aldehydic, Clean aldehydic, Muguet floral, Lily floral. Lemon citrus; Dry woody; Hydroxycitronellal Dimethyl Acetal brings the Muguet floral side (55%); Alcohol C-11 Undecylenic (10-Undecenol) brings the Waxy aldehydic side (25%); Precyclemone B brings the Clean aldehydic side (20%)
    74%
  • Hydroxycitronellal Dimethyl Acetal 35% + Vernaldehyde 65%
    carries Waxy aldehydic, Muguet floral, Lily floral, Leafy green. Clean aldehydic; Lemon citrus; Dry woody; Zesty citrus; Hydroxycitronellal Dimethyl Acetal brings the Muguet floral side (35%); Vernaldehyde brings the Waxy aldehydic side (65%)
    69%

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Which materials are closest to Mefranal?

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How much does PerfuMate know about one material?

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

Mefranal

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
5
Sub-categories under them
4
Impact, out of 10
6
Hours on a blotter
7.7 days
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
6
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.