base floral

Myristic Acid Substitutes & Alternatives

waxy fatty sweet coconut

Myristic Acid has a faint, waxy-oily odour with subtle coconut and fatty-sweet facets. It is nearly odourless when pure — its value in perfumery is functional rather than olfactive.

⚗ 15 substitutes for Myristic Acid

1.

Alcohol C-10

52.3% match
base aldehydic Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy, fatty and sweet

2.

Alcohol C-12 Lauric

45.0% match
base aldehydic Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy, fatty and coconut

3.

Alcohol C-6 (Hexanol) (Natural)

43.7% match
top floral
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy, fatty and sweet

4.

Aldehyde C-18 COCONUT (so-called)

40.3% match
base gourmand
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy, coconut, sweet and fatty

5.

Lauric Acid

38.3% match
top acidic Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares fatty and waxy

6.

Methyl Palmitate

36.1% match
heart waxy
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy and fatty

7.

Methyl Myristate

33.7% match
heart waxy Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy and fatty

8.

Caprylic Acid

33.5% match
base animalic Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares fatty and waxy

9.

Palmitic Acid

32.7% match
base musky Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy and fatty

10.

Alcohol C-9

31.8% match
heart green
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Why this substitute

Shares fatty and waxy

11.

Ethyl Undecylenate

31.0% match
heart gourmand
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy, fatty and sweet

12.

Trans-2-Octenal

28.1% match
heart green
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Why this substitute

Shares fatty and waxy

13.

cis-3 Hexenyl Hexanoate

27.8% match
top floral
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy, sweet and fatty

14.

Aldehyde C-10 (decanal)

27.5% match
base aldehydic
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy, fatty and sweet

15.

Aldehyde C-12 Lauric

26.2% match
base aldehydic
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Why this substitute

Shares waxy, sweet and fatty