Decyl Acetate

Decyl Acetate is a polished aroma chemical combining waxy cleanliness with fresh citrus brightness, soft soap and understated fruity-floral nuances.

Its smooth profile can lend an airy, freshly laundered quality without making a composition feel overtly detergent-like.

The material is especially useful when a fragrance needs cleanliness with texture.

A delicate citrus-floral lift keeps the effect fresh and translucent, while sweet, creamy and softly fatty undertones round the sharper edges.

This balance gives Decyl Acetate a quiet sense of luxury: clean but not clinical, fruity but not overtly juicy, and soapy without harshness.

It can bring a smooth, contemporary finish to transparent florals, clean musks, soft citrus structures and fresh functional accords.

Odour profile

The first impression is waxy, clean and fresh, with the soft brightness of laundered fabric, citrus peel and fine soap.

The effect is diffusive and polished rather than sharp, metallic or aggressively aldehydic.

Beneath the clean opening are subtle sweet, fatty and creamy nuances that give the material body.

Gentle floral shading broadens the impression, offering an elegant connection between citrus brightness, pale petals and a soft musky background.

The result is smooth and understated, with enough presence to shape an accord while allowing surrounding citrus, floral, woody and musky materials to remain clearly defined.

Using Decyl Acetate in perfumery

Decyl Acetate can add a refined waxy-clean accent to laundered-fabric, soft-citrus, muguet and transparent floral accords.

It is a useful direction when a fresh fragrance needs a smooth, textile-like quality rather than a forceful aldehydic statement.

In fresh compositions, it can soften the edges of brighter citrus or aldehydic materials.

Within floral structures, it creates a graceful bridge between airy petals, clean musks and smooth woody foundations.

It is also useful when building modern personal-care and home-fragrance styles that need freshness without sterility.

Used with restraint, it can give these compositions a softer, more considered finish.

In a minimalist composition, this quieter character can be particularly valuable.

It introduces a gentle change of texture between a bright opening and a musky heart, much as a fine weave gives dimension to a plain fabric.

The effect is an invitation to explore freshness through softness and detail, not simply through greater sharpness.

Creative pairings

Explore Decyl Acetate with bergamot, lemon and orange materials, green apple and pear notes, muguet, rose, orange-blossom directions, clean aldehydes and soft musks.

Dry woods, pale ambers and restrained creamy notes can provide contrast, while trace amounts in functional-fragrance styles may be evaluated for a smooth fresh-laundry accent.

Product specification.

CAS No: 112-17-4
Odour Description (decreasing): Waxy, Clean, Fresh, Laundered Cloth, Citrus, Soapy, Floral, Sweet
Odour Strength: Medium
Usage: Waxy-clean and laundered-fabric effects, soft citrus, transparent floral hearts and polished musky accords.
Typical Use Percentage: 0.1 – 2%
Substantivity: 39 hour(s) at 100%
Solvent: None
Flash Point: 40 °C
Synonyms: n-Decyl Acetate; Acetic Acid, Decyl Ester; 1-Decanol Acetate; Acetate C-10
Name: Decyl Acetate
Molecular Formula: C₁₂H₂₄O₂
Molecular Weight: 200.32 g/mol
IFRA: Refer to latest IFRA guidelines and product-specific IFRA certificate for safe use levels.

Signal word: Warning

Hazard statements

• H226 Flammable liquid and vapour.

Precautionary statements

• P210 Keep away from heat, sparks, open flames and hot surfaces. – No smoking.
• P233 Keep container tightly closed.
• P240 Ground/bond container and receiving equipment.
• P241 Use explosion-proof electrical, ventilating and lighting equipment.
• P242 Use only non-sparking tools.
• P243 Take precautionary measures against static discharge.
• P280 Wear protective gloves/eye protection/face protection.
• P303/361/353 IF ON SKIN (or hair): Remove/Take off immediately all contaminated clothing. Rinse skin with water/shower.
• P370/378 In case of fire: Use for extinction: Foam, Dry chemical, Carbon dioxide.
• P403/235 Store in a well-ventilated place. Keep cool.
• P501 Dispose of contents/container to: approved disposal site.

Important: For professional formulation use. Review the Safety Data Sheet before handling, storage or use.