In short
Linalool oxide is the furanoid oxide of linalool, sold as a mixture of its cis and trans forms (FEMA 3746). It is a soft floral-earthy note found in tea, lavender and fruit.
What Linalool Oxide smells like
The Good Scents Company records Givaudan's description of linalool oxide as fresh, sweet, pine and floral, and others as floral, woody, earthy, sweet and fresh, noting a fresh earthy quality useful in reconstituted oils and a good blend with patchouli in chypres. Scentspiracy describes a delicate floral profile with black tea, earthy and fresh herbal-piney facets. PubChem records it as the furanoid structure without stereochemistry and links it to natural-product databases.
- Leading note
- Floral
- Clear facets
- Earthy
- Supporting facets
- Black tea, woody
- Faint facets
- Piney
- Character
- Fresh, sweet
What makes Linalool Oxide distinctive
Linalool's floral turned earthy and tea-like.
Where the descriptions disagree: A Parchem specification lists balsamic and musty, camphoraceous notes rather than floral ones.
How Linalool Oxide is used
Used in tea, lavender, floral and fougère accords and in reconstituted naturals, where it adds an earthy freshness.
Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).
How Linalool Oxide differs from similar materials
- Ethyl Linalool
- Ethyl linalool is a smoother, sweeter linalool; linalool oxide turns linalool's floral earthy and tea-like.
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
The unqualified name, as FEMA and JECFA use it, means the furanoid oxide; the pyranoid oxide is sold as linaloyl oxide. This number does not specify the cis/trans ratio.
Identity and classification
- Type
- Aroma chemical
- Origin
- Occurs in nature
- Odour family
- Floral / Aromatic
- Note position
- Top to heart note
- Physical form at room temperature
- Liquid
- Also known as
- Linalool oxide (furanoid), 2-(5-Ethenyl-5-methyloxolan-2-yl)propan-2-ol
- CAS number
- 60047-17-8
- Molecular formula
- C10H18O2
- Molecular weight
- 170.25 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-(5-ethenyl-5-methyloxolan-2-yl)propan-2-ol
The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 22310, 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 classify it (1,722 reports): H302 harmful if swallowed (99.8% of reports); H319 causes serious eye irritation (98.7% of reports); H315 causes skin irritation (21.7% of reports). 2 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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Linalool
Aroma chemical · Floral / Citrus — floral, fresh, woody, citrus
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Lavender Oil
Essential oil · Aromatic / Floral — lavender, herbal, floral, fresh
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Patchouli Oil
Essential oil · Woody / Chypre — earthy, woody, camphoraceous, dark
Used in formulas and accords
Used in 18 published formulas
Linalool Oxide is an ingredient in 13 perfume formulas, 4 accords and 1 base in the Formula & Accord Library.
Community formulas
RUŌOD House Originals
Original compositions by RUŌOD House.
Further reading
Questions about Linalool Oxide
Is Linalool Oxide natural or synthetic?
The molecule occurs in nature. Commercial Linalool Oxide 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 Linalool Oxide?
60047-17-8. It was checked against PubChem on 24 October 2026.
Which published formulas use Linalool Oxide?
Linalool Oxide is used in 18 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Açaí Accord, Agar Lantern and Apricot Dust. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.
Sources
- PubChem — compound 22310, checked 24 October 2026.
- PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
- The Good Scents Company — linalool oxide — odour database.
- Scentspiracy — Linalool Oxyde — distributor's description.
- PubChem — Linalool, oxide (CID 22310) — 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 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.