Pomarose

What Pomarose smells like

Pomarose (Givaudan) has, per Wikipedia, a powerful fruity rose odour with nuances of apples, plums and raisins, almost entirely due to one of its stereoisomers, and a very low odour threshold. The Good Scents Company lists fruity rose, dried apple, plum, raisin and dried fruit. Descriptions of its apple differ — cooked, dried, green or pear-like. It was discovered from a trace component with a damascone odour, and perfumers value it for a damascone-like effect with fewer restrictions.

Leading note

Fruity rose

Clear facets

Dried apple

Supporting facets

Plum, raisin

Character

Fruity, powerful, warm, jammy

• apple
• plum
• rosy
• fruity

What makes Pomarose distinctive

Dried fruit and rose: a damascone-type effect built around apple, plum and raisin, usable where damascones are tightly capped.

Where the descriptions disagree: Its apple is described variously as cooked, dried, green-tart or pear-like.

How Pomarose is used

Used in fruity-rose and fruity compositions as a powerful damascone-like note.

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

How Pomarose differs from similar materials

beta-Damascenone

Damascenone is warmer, honeyed and baked; Pomarose is a dried-fruit rose with apple, plum and raisin.

alpha-Damascone*

Perfumers use Pomarose for a damascone-like effect with fewer restrictions; alpha-damascone is greener, with mint and blackcurrant. (compared directly by a cited source)

An asterisk marks a difference that a cited source states directly. The others compare the published descriptions of each material. 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. Very potent; dose from dilution.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Fruity / Floral

Note position

Heart note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

(2E,5Z)-5,6,7-Trimethylocta-2,5-dien-4-one

CAS number

357650-26-1

Molecular formula

C11H18O

Molecular weight

166.26 g/mol

IUPAC name

(2E,5Z)-5,6,7-trimethylocta-2,5-dien-4-one

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 11030204, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 19 October 2026.

Safety and compliance

The IFRA Standards Library lists a Standard covering Pomarose:

• "2,5-Octadien-4-one, 5,6,7-trimethyl-, (2E)-" — 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.

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

• beta-Damascone

  Aroma chemical · Fruity / Floral — fruity, rose, plum, blackcurrant

• delta-Damascone

  Aroma chemical · Fruity / Floral — fruity, rosy, plum, blackcurrant

• Rose Oil (Rosa damascena)

  Essential oil · Floral / Fruity — rose, honeyed, spicy, fresh

• Phenylethyl Alcohol

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Green — rose, honeyed, soft, floral

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 2 published formulas

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

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Bright Resin Accord

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

• Citrus Censer

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

Further reading

• Damascones in Perfumery: Rose Ketones in Practice

  Alpha-, beta- and delta-damascone and damascenone: odor, trace dosing from dilutions, where they belong, EU Annex III limits, Rose Ketones labeling, IFRA.

• Fruity Notes in Perfumery: Esters, Lactones and Ketones

  How fruit is built in perfumery from esters, lactones, ketones and sulfur materials, why 'C-14' is a lactone, dosage, stability and restrictions.

Questions about Pomarose

Sources

• PubChem — compound 11030204, checked 19 October 2026.
• IFRA — Standards Library, read 19 October 2026.
• Wikipedia — Pomarose — published perfumery reference.
• The Good Scents Company — plum odour category (Pomarose) — odour database.
• Basenotes — Pomarose substitute discussion (forum) — published perfumery reference.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 20 October 2026. Evidence: several independent published descriptions, which agree. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.