In short
Verdyl acetate, tricyclodecenyl acetate, is a widely used synthetic ester with a fresh green, woody and fruity odour. It is an inexpensive, stable blender.
What Verdyl Acetate smells like
Verdyl acetate (sold as Cyclacet and Jasmacyclene, among others) is a green, woody ester with a sweet, anisic background. Moellhausen and Parchem list green and woody with a sweet anisic note; IFF describes Cyclacet as green and woody with an enveloping sweetness and an anisic, slightly ozonic quality; Givaudan presents Jasmacyclene as floral, green and fruity, adding green fruity volume to floral accords over a sweet anise and wood background. The consistent core is green and woody, with anise the commonest secondary note.
- Leading note
- Green and woody
- Clear facets
- Sweet anise
- Supporting facets
- Fruity
- Faint facets
- Floral, ozonic
- Character
- Green, sweet, soft, fresh
What makes Verdyl Acetate distinctive
The anise. It is one of the few green-woody materials whose sweetness is consistently described as anisic, which gives it a soft, slightly herbal sweetness under the green.
Where the descriptions disagree: Givaudan's grade is described as floral, green and fruity; most other sources say green, woody and anisic, without fruit.
How Verdyl Acetate is used
A widely used, inexpensive green-woody blender, especially in functional fragrance; Givaudan positions its grade for adding green fruity volume to floral accords.
Typical role: blender (smooths the joins between other materials).
How Verdyl Acetate differs from similar materials
- Verdyl Propionate
- Givaudan describes the propionate as much softer than the acetate — more floral and basil-like; the acetate is greener and woodier. (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.
Identity and classification
- Type
- Aroma chemical
- Origin
- Synthetic
- Odour family
- Green / Fruity
- Note position
- Heart note
- Physical form at room temperature
- Liquid
- Also known as
- Tricyclodecenyl acetate, Jasmacyclene, Cyclacet
- CAS number
- 5413-60-5
- Molecular formula
- C12H16O2
- Molecular weight
- 192.25 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 8-tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]dec-3-enyl acetate
The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 110655, 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 (1,806 reports): H412 harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects (47.7% of reports); H226 flammable liquid and vapor (24.5% of reports). 944 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
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Verdyl Propionate
Aroma chemical · Fruity / Green — fruity, green, woody, anisic
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Verdox
Aroma chemical · Fruity / Woody — fruity, apple, woody, fresh
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Hexyl Acetate
Aroma chemical · Fruity / Green — pear, apple, fruity, green
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Linalyl Acetate
Aroma chemical · Aromatic / Fruity — fruity, floral, bergamot, lavender
Verdyl Acetate is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Nopyl Acetate.
Used in formulas and accords
Used in 2 published formulas
Verdyl Acetate is an ingredient in 2 perfume formulas in the Formula & Accord Library.
RUŌOD House Originals
Original compositions by RUŌOD House.
Further reading
Questions about Verdyl Acetate
Is Verdyl Acetate natural or synthetic?
Verdyl Acetate is synthetic — it is made by chemical synthesis.
What is the CAS number of Verdyl Acetate?
5413-60-5. It was checked against PubChem on 19 October 2026.
Which published formulas use Verdyl Acetate?
Verdyl Acetate is used in 2 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library: Green Pod Theory and Lime Bruise. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.
Sources
- PubChem — compound 110655, checked 19 October 2026.
- PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
- The Good Scents Company — tricyclodecenyl acetate — odour database.
- Parchem — verdyl acetate — distributor's description.
- ChemicalBook — tricyclodecenyl acetate — odour database.
- 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 2. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.