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Jasmine Lactone

Aroma chemical · Fruity / Floral

peach, apricot, creamy, jasmine — heart note.

Aroma illustration for Jasmine Lactone: peaches, apricots and small white jasmine flowers, for its peach, apricot and jasmine notes. It illustrates smell associations, not the material or its source.Skeletal formula of Jasmine Lactone ((Z)-7-Decen-5-olide), C10H16O2, drawn from PubChem's 2D record. Stereochemistry is not shown.
Aroma View: an illustration of what Jasmine Lactone smells like (peach, apricot, jasmine), drawn by RUŌOD Lab — not its appearance or its source.Skeletal formula drawn by RUŌOD Lab from PubChem's 2D record (CID 5352626). Stereochemistry is not shown; the coloured background is decoration.
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In short

Jasmine lactone is an unsaturated six-membered lactone found in jasmine, tuberose and some fruits. It gives a creamy peach-apricot odour with a floral facet.

What Jasmine Lactone smells like

Jasmine lactone ((Z)-7-decen-5-olide, sometimes sold as jasminlactone) is a fatty-fruity lactone with a strong peach and apricot character. A distributor describes prominent peach and apricot skin notes with a celery-like undertone, supplying the heavy, waxy petal weight of natural tuberose and jasmine absolutes; a descriptor breakdown ranks fruity, coconut, fatty, creamy and peach first. It is reported in jasmine, tuberose, gardenia, honeysuckle, tea and peach. It is not the same compound as Firmenich's Jasmolactone.

Leading note
Peach-apricot skin
Clear facets
Waxy petal
Supporting facets
Coconut, creamy
Faint facets
Celery
Character
Creamy, waxy, heavy, natural
  • peach
  • apricot
  • creamy
  • jasmine

What makes Jasmine Lactone distinctive

The lactone inside white flowers: peach-apricot skin with the waxy weight that makes a tuberose or jasmine reconstruction smell real.

How Jasmine Lactone is used

Used in jasmine, tuberose and gardenia accords and in peach and apricot notes, for natural petal weight and creaminess.

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

How Jasmine Lactone differs from similar materials

Tuberose Absolute
Jasmine lactone is reported in tuberose and gives part of its creamy, peachy petal weight; the absolute adds methyl salicylate, methyl benzoate, indole and a heady sweetness.
Veloutone
Veloutone is lighter and more floral, with a lavender touch; jasmine lactone is heavier and waxier, with a celery undertone.
gamma-Decalactone
gamma-Decalactone is the fruit alone, ripe peach flesh; jasmine lactone carries peach skin into a waxy, floral petal note.
Lactojasmone
Lactojasmone, a gamma-lactone, is described by JECFA simply as jasmine.
Frangipani Absolute
Frangipani absolute is a whole creamy white flower with a peach in it; jasmine lactone is that peach-lactone note on its own.

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
Occurs in nature
Odour family
Fruity / Floral
Note position
Heart note
Physical form at room temperature
Liquid
Also known as
(Z)-7-Decen-5-olide
CAS number
25524-95-2
Molecular formula
C10H16O2
Molecular weight
168.23 g/mol
IUPAC name
6-[(Z)-pent-2-enyl]oxan-2-one

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 5352626, 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 (157 reports): H315 causes skin irritation (17.2% of reports); H319 causes serious eye irritation (17.2% of reports); H335 may cause respiratory irritation (17.2% of reports). 124 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

Jasmine Lactone is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Lactojasmone and Veloutone.

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 8 published formulas

Jasmine Lactone is an ingredient in 6 perfume formulas and 2 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

Further reading

Questions about Jasmine Lactone

Is Jasmine Lactone natural or synthetic?

The molecule occurs in nature. Commercial Jasmine Lactone may be made by synthesis or obtained from natural sources, so check the supplier's specification if the distinction matters to you.

What is the CAS number of Jasmine Lactone?

25524-95-2. It was checked against PubChem on 19 October 2026.

Which published formulas use Jasmine Lactone?

Jasmine Lactone is used in 8 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Ambrette Halo, Apricot Dust and Brine Blossom Accord. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.

Sources

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Keep your own record of Jasmine Lactone — supplier, cost, stock, dilutions and where it is used — in RUŌOD Lab's material library.

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