base leathery

2-Isobutyl Quinoline Substitutes & Alternatives

woody leather earthy mossy rooty tobacco green

2-Isobutyl Quinoline delivers a powerful leather-woody scent with distinctive earthy, rooty character reminiscent of vetiver and oakmoss, featuring a unique weedy-green softness that distinguishes it from harsher quinoline isomers.

Same material — different names

These share the same CAS number (93-19-6) — 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.

Isobutyl Quinoline-2 CAS 93-19-6
Same molecule

15 substitutes for 2-Isobutyl Quinoline

1.

Butyl Quinoline Secondary

53.0% match
base leathery Same position
Why this substitute

Shares leathery, woody and rooty

2.

Safraleine

45.4% match
base leathery Same position
Why this substitute

Shares leathery, woody and tobacco

3.

Iso Butyl Quinoline

41.0% match
base leathery Same position
Why this substitute

Shares leathery, woody, rooty and tobacco

4.

Cananga Oil

32.8% match
base floral
Why this substitute

Shares leathery and woody

5.

Black Tea - Natural (Colorless)

27.5% match
heart leathery
Why this substitute

Shares leathery and tobacco

6.

Osmanthus Absolute China

27.3% match
heart floral
Why this substitute

Shares leathery and animalic

7.

Isopropyl Quinoline

26.9% match
base green Same position
Why this substitute

Shares leathery and woody

8.

6-Methyl Quinoline

25.4% match
base animalic
Why this substitute

Shares leathery, animalic and tobacco

9.

Shangralide Oliffac 0712

24.8% match
base musky
Why this substitute

Shares leathery and animalic

10.

CYPRIOL EO MD

22.9% match
heart woody
Why this substitute

Shares leathery and woody

11.

Oud Assafi

22.7% match
base resinous
Why this substitute

Shares leathery, woody and animalic

12.

OUD FIRBEST

20.0% match
base resinous
Why this substitute

Shares woody, leathery and animalic

13.

Oud Oil, Vietnam

19.1% match
base resinous
Why this substitute

Shares woody, leathery and animalic

14.

Castoreum Hyperessence 50% TEC

18.4% match
base animalic
Why this substitute

Shares leathery, animalic and woody

15.

Ambrarome

17.4% match
base animalic
Why this substitute

Shares leathery, animalic and woody