In short
Cinnamon bark CO2 extract is a carbon-dioxide extract of Ceylon cinnamon bark. It is powerful, warm and spicy-sweet, rich in cinnamaldehyde.
What Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract smells like
Flavex sells a Ceylon cinnamon bark CO2 extract (type 034.001) for food, oral care and perfumery. A perfumery supplier describes its CO2 cinnamon bark as warm and spicy-sweet, extremely powerful, very warm and diffusive, with a persistent dryness and a warm, lasting powdery dry-down, and notes its high cinnamaldehyde content and that it is considerably weaker in the heart and base. Suppliers distinguish it from cassia CO2, a different species.
- Leading note
- Cinnamon
- Clear facets
- Spicy, sweet
- Supporting facets
- Powdery
- Character
- Powerful, diffusive, warm
What makes Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract distinctive
Cinnamon bark with the fuller body of a CO2 extract and a powdery dry-down.
How Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract is used
Used for a natural cinnamon in spicy, gourmand and oriental accords.
Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).
How Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract differs from similar materials
- Cinnamon Bark Oil
- Both come from Ceylon cinnamon bark; the CO2 extract is described as very warm and diffusive with a lasting powdery dry-down.
Each difference compares the published descriptions of the two materials. Smell varies with grade, supplier and dilution; compare them side by side on blotters before substituting one for another.
Formulation considerations
Rich in cinnamaldehyde, a skin sensitiser; check the IFRA Standards for cinnamaldehyde. Cassia CO2 (Cinnamomum cassia) is a different extract.
Identity and classification
- Type
- CO2 extract
- Origin
- Natural
- Odour family
- Spicy / Gourmand
- Note position
- Top to heart note
- Physical form at room temperature
- Liquid
- Also known as
- Cinnamon CO2
- Botanical source
- Cinnamomum verum J.Presl
No CAS number is shown: suppliers use different identifiers for this material, and none could be confirmed as its own.
Safety and compliance
This page is general information, not a safety assessment or a specification. Confirm identity, composition, IFRA status and allergen content from your supplier's documents for the lot you hold.
Materials it works with
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Cinnamon Bark Oil
Essential oil · Spicy / Gourmand — cinnamon, spicy, sweet, hot
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Clove Bud Oil
Essential oil · Spicy / Floral — clove, spicy, warm, sweet
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Vanillin
Aroma chemical · Gourmand / Amber — vanilla, sweet, creamy
Used in formulas and accords
Used in 10 published formulas
Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract is an ingredient in 2 perfume formulas and 8 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.
Community formulas
RUŌOD House Originals
Original compositions by RUŌOD House.
Further reading
Questions about Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract
Is Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract natural or synthetic?
Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract is natural. It is an extract obtained from plant material with carbon dioxide under pressure (supercritical or subcritical), with no solvent left behind.
Which published formulas use Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract?
Cinnamon Bark CO2 Extract is used in 10 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Banana Bread, Carnation Accord and Cola Accord. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.
Sources
- Hekserij — CO2 Cinnamon bark — distributor's description.
- The Good Scents Company — cinnamon bark CO2 extract — odour database.
- Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 24 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.