• Provides muguet-lily freshness with soft floral-musky elegance
• Ideal in aldehydic florals, white flowers, shampoo-style perfumes, and soft green bases
• Adds balance, lift, and longevity to floral hearts and musky bouquets
• Used in fine fragrance, attars, mists, and solids for clean floral freshness
• Acts as a subtle fixative and blender for top-to-heart transitions

DMBCA (Dimethyl Benzyl Carbinol Acetate) is a versatile and elegant floral-woody aroma chemical with a muguet-like freshness, soft jasmine-lily nuance, and a mild, musky woody undertone. It brings radiance, depth, and longevity to top and heart notes—widely used in muguet, hyacinth, jasmine, white floral compositions, and modern aldehydic perfumes.

Its gentle profile makes it ideal for building smooth floral transitions, enhancing clean musky florals, and blending with soapy or shampoo-style fragrances.

INCI Name: Dimethyl Benzyl Carbinol Acetate (DMBCA)

CAS Number: 151-05-3

Molecular Formula: C11H16O2

Appearance: Clear, colorless to pale yellow liquid

Odor Description: Muguet, lily, floral-fresh, soft woody, slightly green

Purity: 98%+

Boiling Point: ~240°C

Flash Point: ~105°C

Density: ~0.98 g/cm³

Solubility: Soluble in alcohol, DPG, and oils

Recommended Usage Level: 0.5%–5% in concentrate

Category: Floral Modifier – Heart Note – Perfumery Use

Use 1–4% to enhance lily/muguet tones or to smooth out floral bouquets in clean, long-wearing perfumes.

💡 Want to create soft, clean florals with staying power? 🌸🧼 Use 1–4% DMBCA in mists, roll-ons, or alcohol-based perfumes.

🌼 Blend with jasmine, linalool, or cyclamen aldehyde for fresh white florals.

🧴 Use in clean musk or powdery aldehydic florals for shampoo-like finishes.

🌿 Add to muguet, violet, or hyacinth accords for green floral elegance.

🔄 Allow your blend to age 3–5 days—DMBCA helps fuse notes smoothly.

⚠️ Great for layering—non-intrusive yet long-lasting in floral systems.

Q1: What does Bacdanol smell like?

It smells like creamy, soft sandalwood—velvety, skin-like, and clean with warm woody undertones.

Q2: Is it a natural ingredient?

No, Bacdanol is a synthetic sandalwood molecule, designed to replicate natural sandalwood with enhanced smoothness and fixative properties.

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

Yes! It dissolves well in DPG, carrier oils, and alcohol, making it suitable for roll-ons, attars, solids, and mists.

Q4: What perfume styles benefit from Bacdanol?

Ideal for floral woods, skin scents, amber-musky compositions, and minimalist niche perfumes.

Q5: What ingredients pair well with it?

Best with ambroxan, rose, jasmine, white musks, tonka, cashmeran, and other creamy sandalwood replacers.