Methyl Laitone

What Methyl Laitone smells like

Givaudan describes Methyl Laitone as one of the spiro-lactones it developed and patented, in the fruity family with notes of coconut milk, lactonic and creamy, giving cosmetic body to white flowers such as jasmine, gardenia, tuberose and ylang ylang and to peach and osmanthus accords, milkiness to sandalwood and a good fit with coumarin and tonka. The Good Scents Company lists lactonic, creamy, coconut milk and coumarin.

Leading note

Coconut milk

Clear facets

Creamy, lactonic

Supporting facets

Coumarin

Character

Soft, milky

• coconut
• milky
• creamy
• lactonic
• coumarin

What makes Methyl Laitone distinctive

A coconut-milk lactone rather than a coconut-flesh one: creamy and milky, with a coumarinic side.

How Methyl Laitone is used

Givaudan gives it cosmetic body in white florals and fruity accords and milkiness in sandalwood; it combines with coumarin and tonka.

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

How Methyl Laitone differs from similar materials

Whisky Lactone

Whisky lactone is coconut over oak wood; Methyl Laitone is coconut milk, creamier and more coumarinic, with no woody side.

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

Supplied by Givaudan as a 10% solution in DPG or TEC; a formula may give its quantity at that strength.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Gourmand / Fruity

Note position

Heart to base note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

8-Methyl-1-oxaspiro[4.5]decan-2-one

CAS number

94201-19-1

Molecular formula

C10H16O2

Molecular weight

168.23 g/mol

IUPAC name

8-methyl-1-oxaspiro[4.5]decan-2-one

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 175596, 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 (1,411 of 1,411 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

• gamma-Nonalactone (Aldehyde C-18)

  Aroma chemical · Gourmand / Fruity — coconut, creamy, sweet, fatty

• Coumarin

  Aroma chemical · Powdery / Fougère — hay, sweet, almond, tobacco

• Sandalore

  Aroma chemical · Woody / Musky — sandalwood, warm, soft, woody

• Tonka Bean Absolute

  Absolute · Gourmand / Powdery — coumarinic, hay, almond, sweet

Methyl Laitone is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Tuberolide.

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 19 published formulas

Methyl Laitone is an ingredient in 11 perfume formulas and 8 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.

Community formulas

• Coconut Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% (94201-19-1; 91069-37-3)”, at 10%

• Cookies & Cream Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10%”, at 10%

• Coquito Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10%”, at 10%

• Freesia Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10%”, at 10%

• Gardenia Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10%”, at 10%

• Plumeria Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10%”, at 10%

• Whipped Cream Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “Methyl Laitone (94201-19-1 ; 91069-37-3)”

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Birch Ghost

  RUŌOD House Creation · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Cardamom Crema

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Coconut Concrete

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Fig Jam Brioche

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Gardenia Milk

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Green Fig Shade

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Nutmeg Snow

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Rice Powder Theory

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Sandal Milk Script

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Smoke & Milk

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Velvet Hush

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

• Violet Velvet Wood Accord

  RUŌOD House Accord · listed as “Methyl Laitone 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

Further reading

• Building a Gourmand Accord: Vanilla, Caramel and Beyond

  The materials of gourmand perfume — vanillin, ethyl maltol, coumarin, lactones, roasted notes — how to keep them wearable, and color and crystal problems.

Questions about Methyl Laitone

Sources

• PubChem — compound 175596, checked 24 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• Givaudan — Methyl Laitone 10%/DPG — manufacturer's description.
• The Good Scents Company — methyl laitone — odour database.
• 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.