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Palmitic Acid

CAS 57-10-3  ·  Synthetic  ·  Base note  ·  Waxy fatty acid

Impact

Unavailable

Substantivity

17 days on a blotter
Aldehydic 67%Musk 33%
waxy 44%skin 33%fatty 22%

What does Palmitic Acid smell like?

Barely there: a faint, heavy waxy-fatty note with a creamy, candle-wax and oily skin-like softness. Used for texture rather than scent, to slow top notes, anchor musks and add the waxy body of petals or orris butter. A C16 saturated fatty acid.

waxyfattyoilycreamyskin-likesofttenacious

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What else is Palmitic Acid called?

Hexadecanoic acid  ·  C16 Fatty Acid  ·  Cetylic acid

How to use musks in a perfume formula

What can replace Palmitic 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.

  • Methyl Linoleate 58% + Estratetraenol 42%
    carries Skin musk, Fatty aldehydic. Waxy aldehydic; Methyl Linoleate brings the Fatty aldehydic side (58%); Estratetraenol brings the Skin musk side (42%); softer, so use a little more; lasts about 4.4x shorter on paper
    64%
  • Ethyl Myristate 64% + Estratetraenol 37%
    carries Waxy aldehydic, Skin musk, Fatty aldehydic. Ethyl Myristate brings the Waxy aldehydic side (64%); Estratetraenol brings the Skin musk side (36%); softer, so use a little more; lasts about 10x shorter on paper
    63%
  • Decanoic Acid 59% + Estratetraenol 42%
    carries Skin musk, Fatty aldehydic. Waxy aldehydic; Decanoic Acid brings the Fatty aldehydic side (58%); Estratetraenol brings the Skin musk side (42%)
    63%
  • Ethyl Myristate 61% + Globacenide 39%
    carries Waxy aldehydic, Fatty aldehydic. Skin musk; Ethyl Myristate brings the Waxy aldehydic side (61%); Globacenide brings the Skin musk side (39%)
    62%
  • Decanoic Acid 15% + Estratetraenol 35% + Ethyl Myristate 50%
    carries Skin musk, Fatty aldehydic. Waxy aldehydic; Decanoic Acid brings the Fatty aldehydic side (15%); Estratetraenol brings the Skin musk side (35%); Ethyl Myristate brings the Waxy aldehydic side (50%); softer, so use a little more; lasts about 4.6x shorter on paper
    66%

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Which materials are closest to Palmitic 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.

Palmitic Acid

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
2
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
Unavailable
Hours on a blotter
17 days
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
3
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
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Sub-category assignments
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A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
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Supplier synonyms
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Constituent breakdowns
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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.