Adoxal

Note Profile

Molecule

About

Adoxal is Givaudan's trade name for 2,6,10-trimethylundec-9-enal, CAS 141-13-9. Symrise sells the same molecule as Farenal. It is a branched long-chain aldehyde that smells marine and ozonic rather than fatty. ScenTree says it is 'used to work on aqueous, ozonic and juicy fruits notes for a very similar appearance to Calone'. DirectPCW reads it as 'aldehydic, slightly woody, slightly lactic, and clean, with a slightly modified C11 aldehyde facet'. PerfumersWorld lists 'green, watery, waxy, rosy, ozone, violet'. All three readings are in the trade literature and none of the three treats the others as wrong.

Scent Profile

Aquatic_ozonic and aldehydic are scored almost level, because the three trade sources split on which one leads and none of them can be dismissed. ScenTree puts it in 'aqueous, ozonic' territory with 'a very similar appearance to Calone', PerfumersWorld lists 'watery' and 'ozone', while DirectPCW leads with 'aldehydic' and names 'a slightly modified C11 aldehyde facet'. Green is the first word in PerfumersWorld's list and is not contradicted anywhere. Floral covers the 'rosy' and 'violet' facets PerfumersWorld names, supported by DirectPCW's white-floral and by the material's use in lily and muguet. Waxy_fatty is the 'waxy' in that same list, the one descriptor there with nowhere else to sit, and it fits the C11 aldehyde comparison DirectPCW draws. Aldehydic is not reduced for it, because DirectPCW gives 'aldehydic' as its own word in its own source. Fruity is ScenTree's 'juicy fruits'. Below: 'slightly woody' (dry_woody, 'clean' and its use in musk structures (clean_musk, 'slightly lactic' (lactonic, the ozone-mineral edge (mineral and the violet's powder (powdery.

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Origin

A synthetic aroma chemical, not an extract. The molecule is 2,6,10-trimethylundec-9-enal (CAS 141-13-9, PubChem CID 98403), held in this repository as the material 2-6-10-trimethylundec-9-enal. Givaudan sells it as Adoxal and Symrise as Farenal. Sandalore is a constitutional isomer, the same atoms in a different arrangement, and ScenTree notes it 'has a very different smell as it is woodier and more sandalwood'.

Usage in Perfumery

A trace material. DirectPCW gives a typical use level of 0.05 to 0.5%, PerfumersWorld 0.03% minimum, 0.3% average, 2.7% maximum. It is used to build marine and ozonic effects where Calone would be too melon-like, and to give lift to muguet, lily, gardenia and violet accords. DirectPCW also names 'modern aldehydic compositions, white floral fragrances, and structured musk formulations'. Five Parfumo placements across five brands print the name on the box.