Veloutone

What Veloutone smells like

Veloutone (Firmenich) belongs to the fruity family, with peach and apricot nuances, a distinctly lactonic jasmine character and a subtle lavender-like, linalyl effect, in Firmenich's description; its technical descriptors are peach, lactonic fruits and celery. Firmenich describes it as a by-product of the synthesis of Hedione. The Good Scents Company adds herbal; Fraterworks describes creamy peach-apricot fruit with clean jasmine and a lactonic smoothness.

Leading note

Lactonic peach-jasmine

Supporting facets

Apricot, jasmine

Faint facets

Lavender, linalyl, celery

Character

Soft, velvety, creamy, floral

• fruity
• jasmine
• peach
• creamy

What makes Veloutone distinctive

A peach that already smells of jasmine — a fruity-floral bridge from the Hedione family, with a quiet lavender touch.

How Veloutone is used

Used in fruity peach and apricot accords and to add a soft fruity-floral note to jasmine, muguet and other white florals.

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

How Veloutone differs from similar materials

Hedione*

Firmenich describes Veloutone as a by-product of Hedione's synthesis; Hedione is a transparent, airy jasmine, while Veloutone is fruitier, peach-apricot and lactonic. (compared directly by a cited source)

Jasmine Lactone

Jasmine lactone is a heavier, waxier peach-apricot skin with a celery undertone; Veloutone is lighter and more floral, with a lavender touch.

Nectaryl

Nectaryl is the plainer, creamy stone fruit; Veloutone adds lactonic jasmine and a lavender-like touch.

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.

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

2,2,5-Trimethyl-5-pentylcyclopentanone

CAS number

65443-14-3

Molecular formula

C13H24O

Molecular weight

196.33 g/mol

IUPAC name

2,2,5-trimethyl-5-pentylcyclopentan-1-one

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 103402, 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 (1,698 reports): H411 toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects (100% of 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

• Hedione

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Citrus — jasmine, transparent, citrus, airy

• Jasmine Lactone

  Aroma chemical · Fruity / Floral — peach, apricot, creamy, jasmine

• gamma-Undecalactone (Aldehyde C-14)

  Aroma chemical · Fruity / Gourmand — peach, apricot, creamy, fruity

• cis-Jasmone

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Green — green, jasmine, fruity, celery

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 4 published formulas

Veloutone is an ingredient in 2 perfume formulas and 2 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.

Community formulas

• Coconut Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

• Green Apple Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Apricot Dust

  RUŌOD House Original

• Pear Lantern

  RUŌOD House Original

Further reading

• White Floral Accords: Jasmine, Tuberose and Orange Blossom

  How jasmine, tuberose, orange blossom, gardenia and ylang-ylang accords are built — benzyl acetate, Hedione, indole, methyl anthranilate — and their pitfalls.

• 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 Veloutone

Sources

• PubChem — compound 103402, checked 19 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• dsm-firmenich — Veloutone — manufacturer's description.
• The Good Scents Company — Veloutone — odour database.
• Fraterworks — Veloutone — distributor's description.
• 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.