Tropicalone
Note Profile
About
Tropicalone is Mane's registered name for gamma-undecenolactone, an unsaturated gamma-lactone. Its patent calls it pineapple flesh made lactonic and very powerful, with coconut and passion fruit behind it and a milky, fatty sweetness that grows when it is dosed in a sweetened base. It is a lactone that reads as tropical fruit rather than as peach.
Scent Profile
Tropicalone smells powerfully of pineapple flesh, lactonic and very natural, with coconut and passion fruit behind it. A milky, fatty sweetness grows stronger the more it is used in a sweetened base. It reads as tropical fruit rather than as peach, with a faint woody note sitting oddly underneath the fruit.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
Origin
Synthetic. Mane V. Fils SA patented the molecule and its use (US20080125345A1, EP1806979B1, inventors Zucca and Mane) and registered the trademark Tropicalone for gamma-undecenolactone. It is a flavour and fragrance material, not an extract.
Usage in Perfumery
Rare as a listed note. Fragrantica records two placements and files it under fruits, vegetables and nuts. Its patent claims cover flavour use as much as perfumery, and the worked examples dose it at 10 ppm in water.
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