Orivone

What Orivone smells like

Orivone (IFF) is a powerful orris-type material; IFF's compendium gives camphoraceous, earthy and orris. Suppliers describe a powerful, diffusive woody-orris character with powdery and camphoraceous undertones and earthy, floral-violet facets, and a certificate lists a characteristic woody, violet odour. Users find it dark, dry, earthy and rooty, sometimes eucalyptus-like.

Leading note

Earthy woody orris

Clear facets

Camphoraceous

Supporting facets

Powdery, violet

Faint facets

Rooty

Character

Dry, dark, earthy, powerful

• woody
• orris
• camphoraceous
• earthy

What makes Orivone distinctive

The earthy, camphoraceous side of orris — rooty and cool rather than sweet and powdery.

How Orivone is used

Used for orris and woody-violet effects where an earthy, rooty orris is wanted.

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

How Orivone differs from similar materials

Vertenex

Vertenex is softer and sweeter, a powdery floral orris; Orivone is more powerful, camphoraceous and earthy.

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

Covered by an IFRA Standard; check the limit for your product category.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Woody / Powdery

Note position

Heart note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

4-tert-Pentylcyclohexanone, 4-tert-Amylcyclohexanone

CAS number

16587-71-6

Molecular formula

C11H20O

Molecular weight

168.28 g/mol

IUPAC name

4-(2-methylbutan-2-yl)cyclohexan-1-one

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 27941, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 19 October 2026.

Safety and compliance

The IFRA Standards Library lists a Standard covering Orivone:

• "Isopentylcyclohexanone" — Restriction, 51st Amendment, published 2023-06

Limits differ by product category and are set out in the Standard itself; this page does not reproduce them. The list above reflects the library as read on 19 October 2026.

Hazard classification of the neat substance, as PubChem summarises it, read 26 October 2026. Companies notifying the ECHA C&L Inventory classify it (1,644 reports): H315 causes skin irritation (84.1% of reports). 262 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

• Orris Butter (Orris Concrete)

  Concrete · Powdery / Woody — powdery, iris, woody, buttery

• Vertenex

  Aroma chemical · Woody / Floral — woody, floral, orris, soft

• Iso E Super

  Aroma chemical · Woody / Amber — woody, velvety, amber, cedar

• Cedrol

  Natural isolate · Woody / Musky — woody, cedar, faint, dry

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 4 published formulas

Orivone is an ingredient in 1 perfume formula and 3 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.

Community formulas

• Amber Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

• Lipstick Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

• Mimosa Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Apricot Dust

  RUŌOD House Original

Further reading

• Powdery Notes in Perfumery: Iris, Orris and Ionones

  Orris and the ionones at the heart of powdery perfume, the rest of the powdery palette, how to build violet, iris and face-powder accords, and handling.

• Woody Notes in Perfumery: Naturals and Aroma Chemicals

  A map of woody materials — cedarwoods, sandalwood, vetiver, patchouli, smoky woods and woody aroma chemicals — and how to build a woody base.

Questions about Orivone

Sources

• PubChem — compound 27941, checked 19 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• IFRA — Standards Library, read 19 October 2026.
• IFF — Orivone, Ingredients Compendium — manufacturer's description.
• Scentspiracy — Orivone — distributor's description.
• Basenotes — Orivone vs Irival (forum) — published perfumery reference.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 20 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.