Dulcinyl

What Dulcinyl smells like

Dulcinyl (piperonyl acetone) is described by a distributor as a sweet raspberry-jam and cotton-candy character with cassie-flower undertones, a creamy vanilla-balsamic depth and a powdery heliotrope finish, with mimosa as a further floral nuance. The same distributor contrasts it with piperonyl acetate, which is lighter, more floral and more cherry-forward, placing Dulcinyl on the darker, jammier, raspberry side. Moellhausen, as The Good Scents Company lists it, describes a sweet, aromatic, floral-fruity odour with cassie and mimosa connotations, and a reference description there calls it intensely sweet, floral and slightly woody-powdery, recalling mimosa and cassie and only remotely heliotrope.

Leading note

Raspberry jam

Clear facets

Powdery heliotrope

Supporting facets

Cotton candy, cassie, mimosa

Faint facets

Vanilla-balsamic

Character

Sweet, powdery, jammy, creamy

• sweet
• powdery
• heliotrope
• raspberry

What makes Dulcinyl distinctive

Jam and powder: a raspberry-jam heliotrope, where heliotropin itself is almond and cherry.

How Dulcinyl is used

Used in gourmand, heliotrope and sweet floral compositions for a jammy, powdery sweetness.

Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).

How Dulcinyl differs from similar materials

Heliotropin

Heliotropin is the classic almond-cherry-vanilla powder; Dulcinyl is raspberry jam and cotton candy with a heliotrope finish.

Anisylacetone

Anisylacetone is cherry-raspberry with floral and anise notes; Dulcinyl is jammier and more powdery.

Raspberry Ketone

Raspberry ketone is simpler, woodier raspberry; Dulcinyl adds cotton candy and a powdery heliotrope finish.

Heliotropex N

Heliotropex N is a heliotropin replacer, balsamic and vanilla-like with green aniseed; Dulcinyl is jammier and more raspberry.

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

A solid; dissolve before use.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Powdery / Fruity

Note position

Heart to base note

Physical form at room temperature

Solid

Also known as

4-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)butan-2-one, Piperonyl acetone

CAS number

55418-52-5

Molecular formula

C11H12O3

Molecular weight

192.21 g/mol

IUPAC name

4-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)butan-2-one

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 62098, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 19 October 2026.

Safety and compliance

Hazard classification of the neat substance, as PubChem summarises it, read 26 October 2026. Companies notifying the ECHA C&L Inventory report it as not meeting the GHS hazard criteria (128 of 129 reports). Unless it is harmonised, this is the notifiers' own classification, not a binding one.

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

• Heliotropin

  Aroma chemical · Powdery / Gourmand — powdery, almond, vanilla, floral

• Coumarin

  Aroma chemical · Powdery / Fougère — hay, sweet, almond, tobacco

• Vanillin

  Aroma chemical · Gourmand / Amber — vanilla, sweet, creamy

• Anisaldehyde

  Aroma chemical · Powdery / Floral — anisic, hawthorn, floral, sweet

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 3 published formulas

Dulcinyl is an ingredient in 1 perfume formula and 2 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.

Community formulas

• Cherry Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “DULCINYL RECKYS”

• Solar Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “DULCINYL RECRYS”

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Violet Static

  RUŌOD House Original

Further reading

• Powdery Notes in Perfumery: Iris, Orris and Ionones

  Orris and the ionones at the heart of powdery perfume, the rest of the powdery palette, how to build violet, iris and face-powder accords, and handling.

Questions about Dulcinyl

Sources

• PubChem — compound 62098, checked 19 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• Fraterworks — Dulcinyl — distributor's description.
• Fraterworks — piperonyl acetate (comparison) — distributor's description.
• The Good Scents Company — piperonyl acetone (with Moellhausen's description) — odour database.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 26 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 2. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.