In short
Florhydral is a trade name for 3-(3-isopropylphenyl)butanal, an aromatic aldehyde with a powerful, fresh green-muguet odour. It brings a watery, dewy freshness to floral accords.
What Florhydral smells like
Florhydral (Givaudan) is a powerful, fresh, green muguet aldehyde. Givaudan's description is floral, green, muguet, fresh and powerful, with a natural-smelling lily-of-the-valley and hyacinth character. Other sources add a watery-green freshness and a light cucumber-melon facet. Its two mirror-image forms differ: one green and powerful, the other with a marine, plastic tone.
- Leading note
- Green muguet
- Supporting facets
- Hyacinth, watery
- Faint facets
- Cucumber-melon
- Character
- Fresh, green, powerful, natural
What makes Florhydral distinctive
The green muguet: more stem and leaf than petal, with a hyacinth side the softer alcohols do not have.
How Florhydral is used
Used as a freshener in florals and to exalt citrus, giving a lily-of-the-valley note.
Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).
How Florhydral differs from similar materials
- Cyclamen Aldehyde
- Cyclamen aldehyde is more vegetal, with pronounced cucumber-melon notes; Florhydral is a fresher, more floral green muguet with hyacinth.
- Bourgeonal
- Bourgeonal is more aldehydic and watery-aquatic, with a woody drydown; Florhydral is greener, with a hyacinth facet.
- Silvial
- Silvial is a fresh, watery muguet aldehyde with a citrus undertone; Florhydral is greener and more natural, with hyacinth.
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.
Identity and classification
- Type
- Aroma chemical
- Origin
- Synthetic
- Odour family
- Floral / Green
- Note position
- Heart note
- Physical form at room temperature
- Liquid
- Also known as
- 3-(3-Isopropylphenyl)butanal
- CAS number
- 125109-85-5
- Molecular formula
- C13H18O
- Molecular weight
- 190.28 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-(3-propan-2-ylphenyl)butanal
The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 86209, 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. It has a harmonised EU classification (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, Annex VI): H411 toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects. Companies notifying the ECHA C&L Inventory classify it (1,761 reports): H411 toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects (100% of 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
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Hydroxycitronellal
Aroma chemical · Floral / Green — muguet, floral, soft, sweet
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Hedione
Aroma chemical · Floral / Citrus — jasmine, transparent, citrus, airy
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Florol
Aroma chemical · Floral / Green — muguet, fresh, floral, clean
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Bourgeonal
Aroma chemical · Floral / Aldehydic — muguet, aldehydic, fresh, green
Used in formulas and accords
Used in 11 published formulas
Florhydral is an ingredient in 4 perfume formulas, 6 accords and 1 base in the Formula & Accord Library.
Community formulas
RUŌOD House Originals
Original compositions by RUŌOD House.
Further reading
Questions about Florhydral
Is Florhydral natural or synthetic?
Florhydral is synthetic — it is made by chemical synthesis.
What is the CAS number of Florhydral?
125109-85-5. It was checked against PubChem on 19 October 2026.
Which published formulas use Florhydral?
Florhydral is used in 11 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Bell Glass, Cherry Blossom Accord and Cut Stem Atelier. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.
Sources
- PubChem — compound 86209, 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 — Florhydral (with Givaudan's description) — odour database.
- Fraterworks — Florhydral — distributor's description.
- Premiere Peau — Florhydral — published perfumery reference.
- Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 20 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.