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para-Cymene

CAS 99-87-6  ·  Synthetic  ·  Top note  ·  Zesty peel

Impact

6 of 10

Substantivity

2.0 hours on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Citrus 55%Herbal 27%Spicy 18%
zesty 55%aromatic 27%cumin 18%

What does para-Cymene smell like?

Fresh citrus-terpenic, slightly harsh note found in many essential oils. Used for lift in citrus, herbal and functional fragrances.

citrusfreshherbalaromatic

Use para-Cymene in a formula

What else is para-Cymene called?

p-Cymene

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What can replace para-Cymene?

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.

  • Citral
    carries Zesty citrus, Aromatic herbal, Lemon citrus. Cumin spicy; lasts about 6.0x longer on paper
    66%
  • Chrome Citrus (F-TEC) 64% + Geranial 36%
    carries Zesty citrus, Aromatic herbal, Lemon citrus. Cumin spicy; Chrome Citrus (F-TEC) brings the Zesty citrus side (64%); Geranial brings the Lemon citrus side (36%); lasts about 5.1x longer on paper
    78%
  • Chrome Citrus (F-TEC) 44% + Citral 56%
    carries Zesty citrus, Aromatic herbal, Lemon citrus. Cumin spicy; Chrome Citrus (F-TEC) brings the Zesty citrus side (44%); Citral brings the Lemon citrus side (56%); lasts about 6.4x longer on paper
    74%
  • Chrome Citrus (F-TEC) 40% + Geranial 25% + Perillaldehyde 35%
    carries Zesty citrus, Aromatic herbal, Lemon citrus. Cumin spicy; Chrome Citrus (F-TEC) brings the Zesty citrus side (40%); Geranial brings the Lemon citrus side (25%); Perillaldehyde brings the Aromatic herbal side (35%); lasts about 4.7x longer on paper
    78%
  • Chrome Citrus (F-TEC) 62% + Lemon (F-TEC) 38%
    carries Zesty citrus, Aromatic herbal, Lemon citrus. Cumin spicy; Chrome Citrus (F-TEC) brings the Zesty citrus side (62%); Lemon (F-TEC) brings the Lemon citrus side (38%); lasts about 5.3x longer on paper
    73%

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Which materials are closest to para-Cymene?

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.

para-Cymene

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
2.0 hours
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
1
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.