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Veratraldehyde

CAS 120-14-9  ·  Synthetic  ·  Base note  ·  Vanillic

Impact

5 of 10

Substantivity

17 days on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Gourmand 46%Powdery 23%Sweet 15%Woody 8%Herbal 8%
vanilla 54%sweet 23%vanillic 15%dry 8%

What does Veratraldehyde smell like?

Sweet, powdery vanilla-heliotrope with a creamy, slightly woody-anisic softness and no free phenol, so it barely discolors. A stable vanillin alternative that adds powdery vanilla-almond warmth to florals and gourmands.

vanillicpowderysweetalmondwoodyanisic

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What else is Veratraldehyde called?

3,4-Dimethoxybenzaldehyde  ·  Methylvanillin  ·  Vanillin methyl ether  ·  Methyl vanillin ether

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What can replace Veratraldehyde?

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.

  • Heliotropal
    carries Vanilla gourmand, Almond gourmand, Sweet powdery, Vanillic sweet. Dry woody; Anisic herbal; Creamy sweet
    67%
  • Heliotropal 44% + Vanillin 56%
    carries Vanilla gourmand, Sweet powdery, Vanillic sweet, Heliotrope powdery. Almond gourmand; Dry woody; Anisic herbal; Heliotropal brings the Heliotrope powdery side (44%); Vanillin brings the Vanilla gourmand side (56%)
    74%
  • Heliotropal 40% + Vanillin Propylene Glycol Acetal 60%
    carries Vanilla gourmand, Sweet powdery, Vanillic sweet, Heliotrope powdery. Almond gourmand; Dry woody; Anisic herbal; Heliotropal brings the Heliotrope powdery side (40%); Vanillin Propylene Glycol Acetal brings the Vanilla gourmand side (60%)
    74%
  • Heliotropal 72% + Bicyclononalactone 28%
    carries Vanilla gourmand, Almond gourmand, Sweet powdery, Vanillic sweet. Dry woody; Anisic herbal; Heliotropal brings the Heliotrope powdery side (72%); Bicyclononalactone brings the Vanillic sweet side (28%)
    73%
  • Heliotropal 51% + Vanitrope 49%
    carries Vanilla gourmand, Vanillic sweet, Heliotrope powdery, Anisic herbal. Almond gourmand; Sweet powdery; Dry woody; Creamy sweet; Heliotropal brings the Heliotrope powdery side (51%); Vanitrope brings the Vanilla gourmand side (49%)
    72%

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Which materials are closest to Veratraldehyde?

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How much does PerfuMate know about one material?

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Veratraldehyde

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