In short
Floralozone is an IFF aldehyde with a fresh, ozonic, sea-breeze floral character.
What Floralozone smells like
Floralozone (IFF) is a powerful, clean fresh-air note. IFF describes a powerful, clean, green, fresh-air note reminiscent of ocean breezes, which lifts a fragrance without dominating it because of its neutral nature. Distributors describe a faint jasmine and muguet floral layer under the marine freshness, with hints of melon and cucumber; one user found little floral character on its own, appearing only alongside other florals.
- Leading note
- Clean fresh air
- Clear facets
- Ocean breeze
- Supporting facets
- Green
- Faint facets
- Faint floral, melon
- Character
- Airy, clean, neutral, diffusive
What makes Floralozone distinctive
Its neutrality. It is more a lift than a smell: an airy, clean ozone that makes a composition seem stronger and fresher without adding a recognisable object of its own.
Where the descriptions disagree: Some describe a soft jasmine-muguet floral layer; others find little floral character on its own.
How Floralozone is used
Used as a booster for freshness and lift in fresh, floral and aquatic compositions; its stability is described as limited in some products.
Typical role: lift (adds diffusion and radiance, especially at the top); modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).
How Floralozone differs from similar materials
- Calone
- Calone is saltier and more marine, with an oyster-shell mineral facet; Floralozone is cleaner, more neutral fresh air.
- Helional
- Helional is greener and more floral, with cyclamen and hay; Floralozone is a more neutral fresh-air note.
- Methoxymelonal
- Methoxy melonal is more distinctly floral, muguet-like and watery; Floralozone is neutral, clean ocean-breeze air.
- Scentenal
- Scentenal is more aldehydic and marine, with a green, slightly mossy floral body.
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
Strong and diffusive.
Identity and classification
- Type
- Aroma chemical
- Origin
- Synthetic
- Odour family
- Aquatic / Floral
- Note position
- Top to heart note
- Physical form at room temperature
- Liquid
- CAS number
- 67634-15-5
- Molecular formula
- C13H18O
- Molecular weight
- 190.28 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-(4-ethylphenyl)-2,2-dimethylpropanal
The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 105513, 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 classify it (1,323 reports): H315 causes skin irritation (25.4% of reports); H319 causes serious eye irritation (21.2% of reports). 987 of the reports find it does not meet the hazard criteria. 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
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Helional
Aroma chemical · Aquatic / Floral — ozonic, watery, green, floral
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Calone
Aroma chemical · Aquatic / Metallic — marine, watermelon, ozonic, watery
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Dihydromyrcenol
Aroma chemical · Citrus / Aromatic — citrus, lime, fresh, clean
Floralozone is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Aquaflora, Azuril, Cascalone, Methoxymelonal, Ozofleur and Scentenal.
Used in formulas and accords
Used in 11 published formulas
Floralozone is an ingredient in 7 perfume formulas, 3 accords and 1 base in the Formula & Accord Library.
Community formulas
RUŌOD House Originals
Original compositions by RUŌOD House.
Further reading
Questions about Floralozone
Is Floralozone natural or synthetic?
Floralozone is synthetic — it is made by chemical synthesis.
What is the CAS number of Floralozone?
67634-15-5. It was checked against PubChem on 19 October 2026.
Which published formulas use Floralozone?
Floralozone is used in 11 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Bell Glass, Bleached Driftwood and Brined Olive Accord. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.
Sources
- PubChem — compound 105513, checked 19 October 2026.
- PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
- The Good Scents Company — Floralozone (with IFF's description) — odour database.
- Fraterworks — Floralozone — distributor's description.
- De Hekserij — Floralozone (IFF) — distributor's description.
- 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.