base musky

EXALTOLIDE® Substitutes & Alternatives

musky sweet powdery fruity woody animalic skin warm

Musky, Powdery, Sweet, Fruity, Animalic, Woody

Same material — different names

These share the same CAS number (106-02-5) — 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.

Macrolide CAS 106-02-5
Same molecule

15 substitutes for EXALTOLIDE®

1.

Exaltone

89.5% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, sweet, animalic and powdery

2.

Musk Ketone

89.4% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic, sweet and fruity

3.

Velvione

85.7% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and sweet

4.

CIVETTONE

84.0% match
heart musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, animalic, powdery and sweet

5.

Woody Base

83.3% match
heart musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, sweet, animalic and fruity

6.

Celestolide

83.2% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, sweet, animalic and fruity

7.

EXALTENONE

82.6% match
heart musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and fruity

8.

MUSCONE

81.6% match
heart woody
Why this substitute

Shares musky, sweet, animalic, powdery and soapy

9.

MUSCENONE® DELTA

80.5% match
heart woody
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and soapy

10.

Fixomusk

80.1% match
heart musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, sweet and animalic

11.

Musc Doré

78.0% match
heart musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, animalic, powdery and sweet

12.

Isomuscone

78.0% match
heart musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery and animalic

13.

Cosmone®

76.7% match
heart amber
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, sweet and animalic

14.

Muscemor

74.8% match
heart animalic
Why this substitute

Shares musky, animalic and soapy

15.

Cervolide

72.5% match
middle musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, fruity and sweet