Lactojasmone

What Lactojasmone smells like

JECFA, as published by PubChem, describes dihydrojasmone lactone as a clear, colourless liquid with a jasmine odour. Fraterworks describes an intensely floral aroma recalling jasmine and tuberose, with a distinctive creamy, lactonic character and subtle fruity undertones of yellow plum and peach.

Leading note

Jasmine

• jasmine

What makes Lactojasmone distinctive

A lactone whose published description is jasmine.

Concentration and dilution

Fraterworks lists 10% as a common dilution.

How Lactojasmone is used

Fraterworks uses it to enrich white florals and jasmine accords, to add milky sandalwood facets and to make fruit notes more realistic.

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

How Lactojasmone differs from similar materials

Jasmine Lactone

Jasmine lactone is creamy, peachy and jasmine; lactojasmone is described simply as jasmine.

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 / Fruity

Note position

Heart to base note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

Dihydrojasmone lactone, 5-Hexyl-5-methyloxolan-2-one

CAS number

7011-83-8

Molecular formula

C11H20O2

Molecular weight

184.27 g/mol

IUPAC name

5-hexyl-5-methyloxolan-2-one

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 285097, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 24 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 (273 of 300 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

• Jasmine Lactone

  Aroma chemical · Fruity / Floral — peach, apricot, creamy, jasmine

• Hedione

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Citrus — jasmine, transparent, citrus, airy

• cis-Jasmone

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Green — green, jasmine, fruity, celery

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 2 published formulas

Lactojasmone is an ingredient in 1 perfume formula and 1 accord in the Formula & Accord Library.

Community formulas

• Jasmine Rice Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Magnolia Cartography

  RUŌOD House Original

Further reading

• Perfume Materials by Odor Family: A Formulator's Palette Map

  Which materials build each odor family — citrus, floral, woody, amber, musk and more — their usual roles, what to watch for, and links to each in depth.

Questions about Lactojasmone

Sources

• PubChem — compound 285097, checked 24 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• PubChem — Dihydrojasmone lactone (CID 285097): JECFA organoleptic description — odour database.
• Fraterworks — Lactojasmone — distributor's description.
• 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 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.