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Tonka bean absolute

CAS 8046-22-8  ·  Natural  ·  Base note  ·  Vanillic

Impact

6 of 10

Substantivity

17 days on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Gourmand 67%Fruity 33%
tonka 33%dried 33%boozy 22%almond 11%

What does Tonka bean absolute smell like?

Rich, boozy coumarin-hay sweetness with tobacco, almond, caramel and dried-fruit depth from cured Dipteryx odorata beans. The natural, more complex alternative to coumarin for amber, fougere and tobacco bases; its high coumarin content makes IFRA coumarin limits apply.

boozyhoneyalmondcarameltobaccodried fruit

Use Tonka bean absolute in a formula

What is Tonka bean absolute made of?

An estimate, not a certificate of analysis. PerfuMate sums it when it checks a formula; paste your own supplier analysis and it takes over.

ConstituentCASShare
Coumarin 91-64-5 65%
Dihydrocoumarin 119-84-6 3%
Vanillin 121-33-5 0.5%
Benzyl alcohol 100-51-6 0.5%
Phenylethyl alcohol 60-12-8 0.3%

What else is Tonka bean absolute called?

Tonka Bean "Signature" Absolute  ·  Dipteryx odorata absolute  ·  Tonka absolute  ·  Tonquin bean absolute  ·  Feve tonka absolute  ·  Tonka  ·  Tonka Bean  ·  Tonka Bean Signature

How much Tonka bean absolute can go in a perfume (IFRA limit)

Work out a 10% dilution of Tonka bean absolute with the free dilution calculator

Which materials are closest to Tonka bean absolute?

Ranked by shared olfactive sub-categories, not alphabetically.

Published formulas using Tonka bean absolute

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

What blends well with Tonka bean absolute?

Read from the published formulas: beside Tonka bean absolute in at least two of them.

What can replace Tonka bean absolute?

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.

  • Tonka Bean CO2 Extract
    carries Tonka gourmand, Dried fruity, Almond gourmand, Caramel gourmand. Boozy gourmand; lasts about 2.3x shorter on paper
    66%
  • Tonka Bean CO2 Extract 67% + Cinnamyl Butyrate 34%
    carries Dried fruity, Almond gourmand, Caramel gourmand. Tonka gourmand; Boozy gourmand; Tonka Bean CO2 Extract brings the Tonka gourmand side (66%); Cinnamyl Butyrate brings the Dried fruity side (34%)
    72%
  • Tonka Bean CO2 Extract 85% + Oakwood CO2 Extract 15%
    carries Tonka gourmand, Dried fruity, Almond gourmand, Caramel gourmand. Boozy gourmand; Tonka Bean CO2 Extract brings the Tonka gourmand side (85%); Oakwood CO2 Extract brings the Dry woody side (15%)
    69%
  • Tonka Bean CO2 Extract 75% + Caribbean Rum Extract 25%
    carries Almond gourmand, Caramel gourmand. Tonka gourmand; Dried fruity; Boozy gourmand; Tonka Bean CO2 Extract brings the Tonka gourmand side (75%); Caribbean Rum Extract brings the Boozy gourmand side (25%); lasts about 2.7x shorter on paper
    66%
  • Tonka Bean CO2 Extract 86% + Vanilla absolute 14%
    carries Tonka gourmand, Dried fruity, Almond gourmand, Caramel gourmand. Boozy gourmand; Tonka Bean CO2 Extract brings the Tonka gourmand side (86%); Vanilla absolute brings the Vanilla gourmand side (14%)
    66%

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Tonka bean absolute

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
2
Sub-categories under them
4
Impact, out of 10
6
Hours on a blotter
17 days
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
8
Constituent breakdown
5 molecules

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.