• Clean aquatic-floral note with fresh green water nuances
• Adds airiness, brightness, and soft lift to florals and aquatic perfumes
• Ideal in clean florals, ozonic perfumes, mists, and marine-inspired colognes
• Commonly used in soft white florals, cucumber accords, or watery greens
• Works well in alcohol, oil-based perfumes, mists, and solid fragrance forms

Helional is a versatile marine-floral aroma chemical with a clean, airy scent profile that blends fresh water, ozone, aldehydic floral, and cucumber-like nuances. It’s known for its ability to bring clarity, brightness, and aquatic softness to perfumes—perfect for clean florals, watery mists, and ozonic colognes.

Frequently used in modern aquatic florals, marine-green mists, and unisex body sprays, Helional offers a cool, transparent lift to top and heart notes without overpowering the composition.

INCI Name: Helional
CAS Number: 1205-17-0
Molecular Formula: C10H12O3
Appearance: Clear, colorless to pale yellow liquid
Odor Description: Fresh ozonic, cucumber, green floral, watery aldehydic
Purity: 98%+
Boiling Point: ~280°C
Flash Point: ~140°C
Density: ~1.10 g/cm³
Solubility: Soluble in alcohol, oils, and DPG
Recommended Usage Level: 0.1%–4% in final concentrate
Category: Aquatic-Floral Modifier – Top/Heart Note – Perfumery Use

Use 0.5–3% to bring clean watery freshness and a modern floral-linen tone to perfumes and body sprays.

💡 To add a cool, fresh water-floral vibe 💧🌿, use 0.5–3% Helional in body sprays, oils, or alcohol-based perfumes.
🌸 Pair with freesia, lily of the valley, or peony for aquatic florals.
🌊 Use with calone or cyclamen aldehyde for modern sea-breeze mists.
🧼 Blend into laundry-fresh or shampoo-style bases with aldehydes and white musks.
🔄 Let your blend sit for 3–5 days—Helional blooms gradually into soft freshness.
⚠️ Highly diffusive—ideal for fresh, gender-neutral or minimalist compositions.

Q1: What does Helional smell like?
It smells clean, fresh, marine, with watery floral and soft aldehydic green undertones—like ocean air and florals in spring rain.

Q2: Is it natural or synthetic?
Helional is a synthetic aroma chemical, created to add ozonic freshness and aquatic lift to modern perfumes.

Q3: Can it be used in oil-based perfumes?
Yes! It is soluble in DPG, alcohol, and carrier oils, perfect for attars, roll-ons, body mists, and solid perfumes.

Q4: What perfume styles benefit from Helional?
Best for aquatic florals, clean white florals, unisex colognes, and airy green compositions.

Q5: What does it blend well with?
Pairs beautifully with cyclamen aldehyde, muguet, calone, violet leaf, lily, freesia, neroli, and white musks.