Vanillin

$15.00
Vanillin
Vanillin
Vanillin
Vanillin

Vanillin

$15.00
Size 5ml

Fragrance Material | Pure Aromatic Compound

Soft, familiar, and quietly powerful, Vanillin is one of perfumery’s most essential building blocks. Sweet yet refined, it brings warmth, comfort, and cohesion to compositions — from delicate florals to deep ambers and gourmands.

Vanillin presents a smooth, creamy vanilla aroma with subtle balsamic and slightly woody undertones. Less complex than natural vanilla absolute but far more versatile, it provides a clean, recognisable sweetness that enhances roundness and harmony in a formula. Used thoughtfully, it can feel comforting and sensual rather than overtly sugary.

Vanillin is widely used as both a supporting note and structural modifier.

Recommended concentration:
Fine fragrance: 0.1–3% (higher for gourmand styles)

Blends beautifully with:
Resins (benzoin, labdanum)
Woods (sandalwood, cedarwood)
Spices (cinnamon, clove)
Florals (rose, jasmine, orange blossom)

Suitable for non-perfumery applications including candles, soaps, bath & body products, and home fragrance

It adds sweetness, warmth, and softness while helping to smooth sharp or harsh edges in a blend.

Material Type: Aroma chemical
INCI Name: Vanillin
CAS Number: 121-33-5
Origin: Synthetic (nature-identical)
Odour Profile: Sweet, creamy, vanilla, slightly balsamic
Appearance: White to off-white crystalline solid
Solubility: Soluble in alcohol; limited solubility in oils (often pre-dissolved)

For external use only — do not ingest
Handle crystals with care; avoid inhalation of dust
Store in a cool, dry place away from direct light
Shelf life: 24+ months when stored correctly
Vegan and cruelty-free

Essential Dilution Starter - For Beginners

$18.00
Working in dilution for beginner perfumers

Essential Dilution Starter - For Beginners

$18.00

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The first rule of perfumery: never work neat.

Every professional perfumer works in dilution. It's not a beginner shortcut, it's the correct way to evaluate and blend aromatic materials. At full concentration, materials smell harsh, inaccurate, and often overwhelming. You're not smelling the material, you're smelling too much of it.

When you dilute a 5ml aromatic material to a 10% solution, you extend it to 50ml of working stock. That's five times the material to experiment with, evaluate, and blend, without wasting a drop of something precious and expensive.

For powder materials like ambroxan, calone, and vanillin, dilution isn't optional, it's essential. Powders need to be fully dissolved in ethanol before they can be accurately measured, evaluated, or incorporated into a formula. Without this step, you simply can't work with them properly.

This bundle gives you everything you need to start working correctly from the first session.

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