• Classic muguet-type floral material with powdery softness
• Adds floral brightness and elegant softness to heart notes
• Excellent in soapy perfumes, white floral mists, aldehydic florals, and green bouquets
• Ideal for body mists, attars, solid perfumes, and floral oil blends
• Long-lasting with good diffusion in both alcohol and oil-based systems

Lilial, also known as Butylphenyl Methylpropional, is a well-known muguet-type (lily of the valley) floral aroma compound with a soft, creamy, powdery-floral scent and subtle green-woody undertones. Used for decades in perfumery, Lilial provides clean, elegant freshness and floral diffusion, perfect for soapy florals, white florals, and vintage aldehydic perfumes.

It’s an effective floral modifier that enhances the body and brightness of muguet, freesia, peony, jasmine, and aldehydic compositions.

INCI Name: Butylphenyl Methylpropional (Lilial)

CAS Number: 80-54-6

Molecular Formula: C13H18O

Appearance: Clear, colorless to pale yellow liquid

Odor Description: Floral, muguet, powdery, soft green, creamy

Purity: 98%+

Boiling Point: ~265°C

Flash Point: ~110°C

Density: ~1.02 g/cm³

Solubility: Soluble in alcohol, DPG, and carrier oils

Recommended Usage Level: 0.1%–4% in perfume concentrate

Category: Floral Modifier – Heart Note – Perfumery Use

Use 0.5–3% to bring muguet softness and clean floral body to fresh florals, shampoo-style scents, or aldehydic perfumes.

💡 Want to enhance your floral heart with elegant powdery freshness? 🌸🧼 Use 0.5–3% Lilial in your mist, roll-on, or attar.

🌿 Blend with cyclamen aldehyde, rose oxide, or verdyl acetate for a bright floral bouquet.

🌼 Use in shampoo-style perfumes, green florals, or aldehydic classics.

🧴 Add to jasmine, muguet, or freesia for radiant white floral softness.

🔄 Let your perfume rest 3–5 days—Lilial smooths transitions and rounds edges beautifully.

⚠️ Excellent for softening sharp floral synthetics or boosting top floral freshness.

Q1: What does Lilial smell like?

It smells like lily of the valley, with powdery, creamy-floral, and green undertones—soft, clean, and slightly aldehydic.

Q2: Is it natural or synthetic?

Lilial is a synthetic aroma chemical, designed to replicate and enhance muguet-style florals.

Q3: Can it be used in oil perfumes or attars?

Yes! Lilial is fully soluble in alcohol, DPG, and fixed oils, making it ideal for oil-based perfumes, roll-ons, and solids.

Q4: What perfume styles benefit from Lilial?

Best in soapy florals, white floral mists, aldehydic perfumes, shampoo-style scents, and green floral bouquets.

Q5: What does it blend well with?

Pairs beautifully with cyclamen aldehyde, rose oxide, phenyl ethyl alcohol, verdyl acetate, heliotropin, and white musks.