Top 30 Fragrance Chemicals Used in Fragrance Manufacturing
Top 30 Fragrance Chemicals Used in Fragrance Manufacturing Based on around 800 popular fragrance formulations, which are used in soaps, detergents, toiletries, household products, incense sticks, attars, etc., we can provide an attempt at global chemical consumption data. synthetics used in the manufacture of fragrances.
Attars & Agarbatti’s market data is still unclear. The market data for fragrance consumption for regions like Middle East, Africa, some Asian region is also unclear. Therefore, the data provided below gives an idea of the global consumption of the top thirty chemicals used in fragrance manufacturing.
We have also taken into account the global consumption of the raw materials used in the manufacture of these products.
We have not considered terpenes like alpha-pinene, limonene, etc., which are used directly in fragrances.
We have considered fixatives and diluents as they are a major contributor in fragrance formulations.
There are about 40% of the same chemicals that are also used to make flavors. Some of the chemicals like vanillin, menthol, eugenol, limonene, low alcohol esters, lower fatty acid esters are as bulky as the below mentioned chemicals but 80% of their consumption Total goes to the elaboration of flavors. Therefore, we cannot consider them among the top thirty fragrance chemicals.
The following chemicals are manufactured from raw materials, which originate from petrochemical sources or natural sources. Some of the products mentioned below are also used in polymers, medicines, pesticides, etc. Therefore, the global consumption of such chemicals is much higher than what is mentioned below.
The following data refers only to its consumption in fragrances.
1]LINALOOL AND ITS ESTERS -8000 TONS
2]GERANIOL AND ITS ESTERS -1200O TONS
3]TERPINEOL AND ITS ESTERS -8400 TONS
4]ISO-E-SUPER-6000 TONE
5]GALAXOLIDE -4500 TONS
6]BENZYL ACETATE -12000 TONS
7]DIHYDROMYRCENOL AND DERIVATIVES -8000 TONS
8]LYRAL -4000 TONS
9]BENZYL SALISYLATE -8000 TONS
10]DEP -20000 TONS
11]AMYL AND HEXYL SALISYLATE -3000 TONS
12]HEDIONA -8000 TONS
13]PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL,ESTERS,ETHERS -14000 TONS
14]BENZYL BENZOATE -4000 TONS
15]CITRONELLOL AND ITS ESTERS -6000 TONS
16]ISOLONGIFOLINE DERIVATIVES -2500 TONS
17]NITRO MUSKS -2000 TONS
18]CEDRYL METHYL KETONE,ACETATE & METHYL ETHER-3000 TONS
19]LILAL -5000 TONS
20]IONONES-BETA& ALPHA, GAMMA METHYL IONONE -12000 TONS
21]GERANYL NITRILE AND CITRONELLYL NITRILE -5000 TONS
22]PTBCHA& OTBCHA -10000 TONS
23]ANISIUM ALDEHYDE, ANISIUM ALCOHOL AND ESTERS -3000 TONS
24]IBCH & ICCH -3000 TONS
25]TONALID -3000 TONS
26]CINAMICALEHYDE, CINNAMIC ALCOHOL AND ESTERS – 3000 TONS
26]COUMARIN AND DERIVATIVES -2000 TONS
27]NAPHTHYL ETHERS -2600 TONS
28]ESTERS AND DERIVATIVES OF DCPD -3000 TONS
29]ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE -2000 TONS
30]DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL AND ESTERS -2500 TONS