base musky

Velvione Substitutes & Alternatives

musky powdery animalic sweet clean

Musky, Powdery, Slightly Animalic Use: Velvione is an exceptional product: a powdery macrocyclic musk that is powerful, highly substantive and stable, as well as biodegradable. Velvione has a nitro-musk aspect that is not found either in other commonly used macrocyclic musks, nor in polycyclic musks. Velvione is excellent in all applications, including fine fragrance, where it adds a powdery volume and musky softness, and laundry care, where its high substantivity and clean musky note are highly valued.

Same material — different names

These share the same CAS number (37609-25-9) — 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.

Ambretone® CAS 37609-25-9
Same molecule

15 substitutes for Velvione

1.

Celestolide

84.3% match
base musky Same position
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic, sweet and clean

2.

Macrolide

74.0% match
base green
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and sweet

3.

Musk Ketone

70.8% match
base musky Same position
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and sweet

4.

Cosmone®

62.2% match
base amber
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, sweet and animalic

5.

Isomuscone

54.8% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and clean

6.

Luminide

52.4% match
base musky Same position
Why this substitute

Shares powdery, musky, clean and sweet

7.

Exaltone

47.6% match
base musky Same position
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and sweet

8.

Woody Base

46.1% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares powdery, musky, animalic, sweet and clean

9.

MUSCENONE® DELTA

45.7% match
base woody
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery and animalic

10.

HABANOLIDE®

45.7% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, sweet and clean

11.

Aurelione®

41.8% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and clean

12.

CIVETTONE

40.7% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic, clean and sweet

13.

Musk Z 4

38.2% match
base musky Same position
Why this substitute

Shares musky and powdery

14.

Cervolide

37.3% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery and sweet

15.

X-MUSK F-TEC

30.5% match
base fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares musky and animalic