base spicy

Cuminic Aldehyde Substitutes & Alternatives

spicy green herbal animalic

Cuminic Aldehyde has a spicy green note with herbaceous and animalic undertones. It can be used at low dosage as a modifier in chypre, spicy or fougere notes.

Same material — different names

These share the same CAS number (122-03-2) — the same core molecule sold under different trade names. They're close to interchangeable, but purity and isomer ratio can cause subtle differences in strength and character, so treat them as near-identical rather than exactly the same.

Cuminaldehyde CAS 122-03-2
Same molecule

15 substitutes for Cuminic Aldehyde

1.

Armoise Fleuressence

48.3% match
heart fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares spicy, herbal and green

2.

Parsley Seed Essential Oil

47.4% match
top woody
Why this substitute

Shares green, spicy and herbal

3.

Lovage Roots Oil

45.2% match
base woody
Why this substitute

Shares spicy, green and herbal

4.

ARMOISE F-TEC

44.8% match
heart fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares spicy, herbal and green

5.

Coriander Essential Oil

44.5% match
heart floral
Why this substitute

Shares spicy and herbal

6.

Sweet Marjoram Essential Oil

43.6% match
heart floral
Why this substitute

Shares spicy and herbal

7.

Guava Leaf Essential Oil

42.3% match
heart woody
Why this substitute

Shares spicy and herbal

8.

BASIL F-TEC

42.0% match
heart fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares green, spicy and herbal

9.

LAVENDER F-TEC

41.4% match
heart fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares herbal and spicy

10.

Celery Ketone

37.5% match
base green Same position
Why this substitute

Shares spicy, herbal and green

11.

CINNAMON F-TEC

35.9% match
heart fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares spicy and green

12.

Rosemary Antioxidant - Extract

31.5% match
heart aromatic
Why this substitute

Shares herbal and green

13.

Celery Seed - India

28.1% match
heart green
Why this substitute

Shares spicy, herbal and green

14.

Carvacryl Methyl Ether

27.2% match
heart aromatic
Why this substitute

Shares spicy and herbal

15.

Espicene Gamma

22.9% match
base spicy
Why this substitute

Shares spicy and herbal