Ethylene Brassylate is a premium synthetic macrocyclic musk fragrance ingredient known for its soft, clean, sweet, powdery, and slightly floral musk aroma. Widely used in fine perfumery, cosmetics, personal care, and home fragrance applications, it serves as an excellent base note and fragrance fixative, enhancing the longevity, depth, and smoothness of fragrance compositions. Ethylene Brassylate blends beautifully with floral, woody, amber, and musky ingredients, making it ideal for creating elegant perfumes, colognes, body sprays, lotions, creams, soaps, shampoos, candles, and fabric care fragrances. Its long-lasting musk character and excellent blending properties make it a versatile ingredient for developing sophisticated, balanced, and enduring fragrance formulations.
Property Description
Product Name Ethylene Brassylate
INCI Name Ethylene Brassylate
CAS Number 105-95-3
Chemical Name Ethylene Tridecanedioate
Molecular Formula C₁₅H₂₆O₄
Molecular Weight 270.37 g/mol
Appearance Colourless to pale yellow liquid
Odour Soft, sweet, clean, powdery musk
Fragrance Family Musk
Fragrance Note Base Note
Solubility Practically insoluble in water; soluble in many fragrance solvents and oils
Main Function Fragrance ingredient and fixative
Uses and Benefits
1. Fine Perfumery: Ethylene Brassylate is widely used in perfumes, eau de parfum, colognes, and body sprays to create a soft, elegant musk base that enhances fragrance longevity.
2. Fragrance Fixative: Helps reduce the rapid evaporation of more volatile fragrance ingredients, improving the persistence and balance of perfume compositions.
3. Floral Fragrances: Blends particularly well with rose, jasmine, violet, lily, and other floral notes, adding warmth, softness, and depth.
4. Cosmetic Formulations: Used as a fragrance component in creams, lotions, body butters, moisturizers, and other cosmetic products.
5. Soaps and Body Washes: Provides a clean, soft musk character in bar soaps, liquid soaps, shower gels, and body washes.
6. Hair Care Products: Suitable for fragrancing shampoos, conditioners, hair masks, and hair perfumes.
7. Home Fragrances: Used in candles, room sprays, reed diffusers, and air fresheners to create long-lasting musky fragrance compositions.
8. Detergents and Fabric Care: Adds a fresh, clean, laundry-like musk character to fabric softeners, laundry detergents, and household cleaning fragrances.
Fragrance Profile
Characteristic Description
Top Note Very subtle
Middle Note Soft, slightly floral
Base Note Sweet, powdery, clean musk
Odour Strength Soft to moderate
Tenacity High
Blending Properties Excellent with floral, woody, amber, and musky notes
Recommended Usage in Fragrance Formulations
Application Illustrative Starting Range
Fine Fragrance Concentrates 1–20%
Floral Fragrance Concentrates 2–15%
Musk Fragrance Concentrates 5–30%
Soap Fragrance Concentrates 1–10%
Home Fragrance Concentrates 2–20%
