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Ethylene Brassylate
aka 1,4-dioxacycloheptadecane-5,17-dione · ethylene brassylate macrocyclic musk
A synthetic macrocyclic musk used as a fragrance fixative. Different safety profile from nitro-musks and polycyclic musks — one of the cleaner fragrance fixative alternatives used in transparent or reformulated fragrance compositions.
- Clean musk — sweet, musky, white fragrance character
- Fixative — anchors volatile top notes
- Biodegradable relative to nitro-musks
- Preferred alternative to restricted musks (nitro-musks, HHCB in some applications)
- Low sensitisation potential versus older synthetic musks
- Skin-scented serums
- Body lotions with fragrance
- Fine fragrance compositions
- Haircare fragrance bases
- Eau de toilette base notes
Oil-soluble fragrance component. Stable in cosmetic matrices. Not subject to same IFRA restrictions as nitro-musks or some polycyclic musks.
Synthetic origin — flagged in strict natural fragrance frameworks. Some bioaccumulation concerns raised in aquatic environment literature (lower than polycyclic musks but not absent). EU is reviewing macrocyclic musks as a class.
Better received in clean-beauty fragrance reformulation than polycyclic or nitro-musks. Positioned as a safer synthetic musk alternative within the reformulated fragrance discourse.
The ingredient narratives reshaping clean beauty.
Ethylene Brassylate
aka 1,4-dioxacycloheptadecane-5,17-dione · ethylene brassylate macrocyclic musk
A synthetic macrocyclic musk used as a fragrance fixative. Different safety profile from nitro-musks and polycyclic musks — one of the cleaner fragrance fixative alternatives used in transparent or reformulated fragrance compositions.
- Clean musk — sweet, musky, white fragrance character
- Fixative — anchors volatile top notes
- Biodegradable relative to nitro-musks
- Preferred alternative to restricted musks (nitro-musks, HHCB in some applications)
- Low sensitisation potential versus older synthetic musks
- Skin-scented serums
- Body lotions with fragrance
- Fine fragrance compositions
- Haircare fragrance bases
- Eau de toilette base notes
Oil-soluble fragrance component. Stable in cosmetic matrices. Not subject to same IFRA restrictions as nitro-musks or some polycyclic musks.
Synthetic origin — flagged in strict natural fragrance frameworks. Some bioaccumulation concerns raised in aquatic environment literature (lower than polycyclic musks but not absent). EU is reviewing macrocyclic musks as a class.
Better received in clean-beauty fragrance reformulation than polycyclic or nitro-musks. Positioned as a safer synthetic musk alternative within the reformulated fragrance discourse.