Myrcenol

What Myrcenol smells like

Myrcenol is a fresh, floral alcohol with a slight lime note. ChemicalBook describes a fresh, floral scent that is slightly lime-like, and lists fresh, floral, lavender and citrus; it is used for a lifting top note in citrus and lavender compositions. It is often confused with dihydromyrcenol, which carries most of the lime-and-lavender descriptions found online, so few descriptions are specific to myrcenol itself. The Good Scents Company lists IFF's Myrcenol Super as a fresh floral-lavender with a citrus character, and Moellhausen's grade as fresh and floral with a citrus-lime quality suited to colognes.

Leading note

Fresh floral

Clear facets

Lavender

Supporting facets

Lime

Character

Fresh, soft, light

• fresh
• floral
• lime
• lavender

What makes Myrcenol distinctive

It is the softer, more floral relative of dihydromyrcenol: lavender-like first, with lime as a hint rather than the point.

How Myrcenol is used

Used for a lifting top note in citrus and lavender compositions.

Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend); lift (adds diffusion and radiance, especially at the top).

How Myrcenol differs from similar materials

Dihydromyrcenol

Dihydromyrcenol is the cleaner, more metallic lime; myrcenol is softer, more floral and lavender-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.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Floral / Citrus

Note position

Top to heart note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

2-Methyl-6-methyleneoct-7-en-2-ol

CAS number

543-39-5

Molecular formula

C10H18O

Molecular weight

154.25 g/mol

IUPAC name

2-methyl-6-methylideneoct-7-en-2-ol

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 10975, 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 (264 reports): H315 causes skin irritation (14.8% of reports); H319 causes serious eye irritation (14.8% of reports). 225 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

• Dihydromyrcenol

  Aroma chemical · Citrus / Aromatic — citrus, lime, fresh, clean

• Linalool

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Citrus — floral, fresh, woody, citrus

• Lavender Oil

  Essential oil · Aromatic / Floral — lavender, herbal, floral, fresh

• Lime Oil (Expressed)

  Essential oil · Citrus / Green — citrus, green, zesty, aromatic

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 1 published formula

Myrcenol is an ingredient in 1 perfume formula in the Formula & Accord Library.

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Lime Bruise

  RUŌOD House Original

Further reading

• Linalool in Perfumery: Sources, Oxidation and Allergens

  Where linalool comes from, its two mirror-image forms, why oxidized linalool is an allergen concern, storage, declarations, and its roles in formulas.

• 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 Myrcenol

Sources

• PubChem — compound 10975, checked 19 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• ChemicalBook — myrcenol (CAS 543-39-5) — odour database.
• FooDB — myrcenol — odour database.
• The Good Scents Company — myrcenol — 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.