Verdyl Propionate

What Verdyl Propionate smells like

Verdyl propionate (Givaudan's Florocyclene) has a sweet, fruity floral note with aspects of jasmine and anise, and is much softer than its acetate relative, Jasmacyclene, in Givaudan's description. Fraterworks describes a soft floral-herbal opening between jasmine and fresh basil, a gentle anise undertone and green-woody, fruity, oily facets; supplier specifications lean herbal, with basil.

Leading note

Soft fruity-floral

Supporting facets

Jasmine, basil, herbal, anise

Faint facets

Green-woody

Character

Soft, sweet, herbal

• fruity
• green
• woody
• anisic

What makes Verdyl Propionate distinctive

The softer, more floral-herbal member of the verdyl family — jasmine and basil where the acetate is green wood and anise.

How Verdyl Propionate is used

Used as a soft floral-herbal blender in functional and fine fragrance.

Typical role: blender (smooths the joins between other materials).

How Verdyl Propionate differs from similar materials

Verdyl Acetate*

Givaudan describes the propionate as much softer than the acetate; the acetate is greener and woodier, the propionate more floral and basil-like. (compared directly by a cited source)

Basil Oil

Basil oil is the green, aniseed herb itself; verdyl propionate has a basil-like herbal facet beside jasmine.

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 / Green

Note position

Heart note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

Tricyclodecenyl propionate, Florocyclene

CAS number

17511-60-3

Molecular formula

C13H18O2

Molecular weight

206.28 g/mol

IUPAC name

8-tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]dec-3-enyl propanoate

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 86579, 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 (1,818 reports): H411 toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects (100% of reports); H319 causes serious eye irritation (72.9% 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

• Verdyl Acetate

  Aroma chemical · Green / Fruity — green, woody, fruity, fresh

• Verdox

  Aroma chemical · Fruity / Woody — fruity, apple, woody, fresh

• Allyl Amyl Glycolate

  Aroma chemical · Green / Fruity — green, pineapple, galbanum, fruity

• Hexyl Acetate

  Aroma chemical · Fruity / Green — pear, apple, fruity, green

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 1 published formula

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

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Green Pod Theory

  RUŌOD House Creation

Further reading

• 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 Verdyl Propionate

Sources

• PubChem — compound 86579, 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 propionate (with Givaudan's Florocyclene) — odour database.
• Fraterworks — cycloverdyl propionate — distributor's description.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 21 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.