• Soft, airy aroma with cyclamen petal freshness and floral-green radiance
• Used in muguet florals, watery accords, body mists, and clean shampoo-style perfumes
• Perfect for fresh florals, light musks, aquatic woods, and aldehydic top notes
• Offers clean floral lift and delicate transparency to fragrance compositions
• Suitable for oil-based perfumes, attars, mists, and solid fragrances

Cyclamen Aldehyde is a soft, fresh floral aroma chemical known for its watery, green-floral, slightly ozonic scent. Resembling the delicate fragrance of cyclamen petals and spring dew, it’s often used in modern florals, shampoo-style perfumes, aquatic accords, and light green bouquets. It imparts a gentle, clean diffusion and a feeling of natural, breezy freshness, perfect for uplifting floral compositions or mimicking morning air.

A favorite in perfumery for building clean, airy florals and enhancing muguet (lily of the valley), freesia, or soapy aldehydic notes.

INCI Name: Cyclamen Aldehyde

CAS Number: 103-95-7

Molecular Formula: C10H18O

Appearance: Clear to pale yellow liquid

Odor Description: Fresh floral, watery, cyclamen, light green, dewy

Purity: Typically 98%+

Boiling Point: ~230°C

Flash Point: ~92°C

Density: ~0.89 g/cm³

Solubility: Soluble in alcohol, oils, and DPG

Recommended Usage Level: 0.2%–4% in concentrate

Category: Floral-Watery Modifier – Top/Heart Note – Perfumery Use

Use 0.5–3% to add a delicate watery freshness to modern floral compositions, clean perfumes, and soft spring-style blends.

💡 To add soft dewy freshness to your floral heart 💧🌸, use 0.5–3% Cyclamen Aldehyde in oil-based or alcohol-based perfumes.

🌼 Blend with lily of the valley or freesia for a clean spring bouquet.

🌿 Add to neroli or soft green aldehydes for an airy floral-citrus harmony.

🧼 Use in shampoo-style body sprays or creamy musky bases for soapy elegance.

🔄 Allow your formula to rest for 3–5 days so the aldehydes mellow and bloom.

⚠️ Diffusive yet gentle—Cyclamen Aldehyde adds softness without overpowering.

Q1: What does Cyclamen Aldehyde smell like?

It smells like fresh cyclamen flowers, light dewy petals, with a watery, soft green freshness—clean and uplifting.

Q2: Is it natural or synthetic?

It is a synthetic molecule designed to replicate the soft, watery floral impression of cyclamen.

Q3: Can it be used in oil-based perfumes?

Yes, it’s soluble in both alcohol and oils, and blends beautifully into attars, mists, and solids.

Q4: What types of perfumes suit Cyclamen Aldehyde?

Best in muguet-style florals, shampoo-fresh perfumes, aquatic florals, and airy floral musks.

Q5: What does it blend well with?

Pairs beautifully with freesia, lily, neroli, aldehydes, soft musks, and green top notes.