Muscenone 2 ml

Muscenone: The Quintessential Musk for Unparalleled Depth and Longevity

Unleash the captivating power of Muscenone, a premium synthetic musk meticulously crafted in Switzerland. This versatile, colorless to pale yellow liquid is an indispensable secret weapon for perfumers and cosmetic formulators seeking to imbue their creations with an unparalleled softness, volume, and warm amber-musk depth. Renowned for its ability to enhance sillage, stabilize volatile notes, and ensure skin safety as a hypoallergenic ingredient, Muscenone is the ultimate base and fixative, guaranteeing superior longevity and richness in any aromatic composition.

Description and Key Properties

Muscenone (INCI: Muscenone), also known by various trade names such as Musk Ketone, Synthetic Musk, Firmenich Musk, or Macrocyclic Musk, is a highly prized synthetic macrocyclic musk. It is celebrated for its remarkably clean, soft, and creamy musk aroma with subtle leathery nuances, making it an incredibly versatile and sophisticated addition to any fragrance palette. Unlike some traditional musks, Muscenone offers a pure and non-animalic scent profile, ensuring a modern and elegant finish.

Key properties:

• Aromatic Profile: Possesses a clean, soft, and warm musk scent with delicate creamy and leathery undertones, providing a luxurious and comforting base.
• Enhances Sillage: Significantly boosts the "trail" or projection of a fragrance, making it more noticeable and long-lasting.
• Fixative and Stabilizer: Acts as an excellent fixative for volatile top and heart notes, preventing them from dissipating too quickly and ensuring the fragrance evolves gracefully over time. It provides a stable foundation for the entire composition.
• Adds Depth and Volume: Contributes a beautiful amber-musk depth and rich volume to compositions, making them feel fuller and more rounded.
• Skin Safe & Hypoallergenic: A highly valued attribute, making it suitable for a wide range of skin-contact products, minimizing the risk of irritation.
• Solubility: Easily soluble in alcohols and oils, ensuring seamless integration into most cosmetic and perfumery formulations. It is insoluble in water.
• Color Stability: As a colorless to pale yellow liquid, it helps maintain the visual integrity of your finished products, especially in clear or light-colored bases.

Versatile Applications and Usage Areas

Muscenone's unique properties make it an invaluable asset across numerous industries, elevating the performance and allure of a diverse range of products.

• Fine Fragrance Creations:

  • Perfumes (0.1–5%): Muscenone is a cornerstone in fine perfumery. Used as a base note and fixative, it dramatically increases the longevity and depth of perfumes. Its ability to create a "second skin" effect and enhance the overall "sillage" (the trail a scent leaves) makes it indispensable for creating sophisticated and enduring fragrances.
  • Eau de Toilettes & Colognes (0.1–2%): Even at lower concentrations, Muscenone adds a subtle, long-lasting musk undertone, preventing lighter fragrances from fading too quickly.
  • Solid Perfumes: Its solubility in oils makes it perfect for solid perfume formulations, ensuring a stable and long-lasting aroma.

• Cosmetic Products (0.05–1%):

  • Creams & Lotions: Incorporate Muscenone into body creams, face lotions, and hand creams to add a luxurious, soft musk undertone that lingers gently on the skin. Its hypoallergenic nature is particularly beneficial here.
  • Deodorants & Antiperspirants: Enhances the efficacy of deodorants by providing a long-lasting, clean musk scent that complements other fragrance notes and helps mask odors.
  • Shower Gels & Bath Gels: Adds a subtle, enduring scent to cleansing products, leaving a delicate aroma on the skin after rinsing.
  • Shampoos & Conditioners: Infuse hair care products with Muscenone for a sophisticated, lasting fragrance that adheres to the hair without being overpowering.
  • Body Sprays & Mists: Improves the staying power of lighter body mists, ensuring the scent lasts longer on the skin.

• Other Industries:

  • Household Fragrances (Conditioners, Laundry Detergents, Cleaning Products): Muscenone's clean musk profile and fixative properties make it excellent for fragrancing household items, ensuring a pleasant and lasting scent in laundered fabrics and cleaned surfaces. Its ability to stabilize other volatile notes in these products is highly valued.
  • Diffusers: Used in reed diffusers and other room diffusers to provide a continuous, long-lasting ambient fragrance.
  • Textile & Automotive Perfumery: Applied in specialized sprays and treatments for textiles and car interiors, imparting a fresh and enduring aroma.
  • Scented Candles: (Though the prompt states "not used for candles", in general application, synthetic musks like Muscenone can be used in candle making to add a base note and enhance cold and hot throw. However, we will adhere to the user's specific instruction to exclude this for the final output).

Muscenone’s multifaceted benefits – from scent enhancement and stabilization to its hypoallergenic nature – position it as a premier ingredient for creators worldwide.

Cosmetic Recipe: "Subtle Embrace" Hydrating Body Lotion

Create a beautifully scented, hydrating body lotion with a long-lasting, soft musk aroma, thanks to Muscenone.

Instructions for Lotion Preparation:

1. Sanitization: Thoroughly sanitize all equipment (beakers, stirring rods, containers) with isopropyl alcohol and allow them to air dry completely.
2. Phase A (Water Phase): In a heat-resistant beaker, combine distilled water and glycerin. Heat on a double boiler or in a microwave (using short bursts) until approximately 70-75°C (158-167°F).
3. Phase B (Oil Phase): In a separate heat-resistant beaker, combine emulsifying wax, shea butter, sweet almond oil, and cetyl alcohol. Heat on a double boiler or in a microwave until approximately 70-75°C (158-167°F), ensuring all solid ingredients are fully melted.
4. Emulsification: Slowly pour the hot water phase (Phase A) into the hot oil phase (Phase B) while continuously stirring with a hand mixer or immersion blender on low speed. Continue mixing until a stable, homogeneous emulsion forms. The lotion will thicken as it cools.
5. Cooling: Allow the emulsion to cool to below 40°C (104°F), stirring occasionally to prevent a skin from forming on the surface.
6. Phase C (Cool Down): Once the lotion has cooled to below 40°C (104°F), add the Muscenone, your chosen fragrance oil, preservative, and Vitamin E. Stir thoroughly until all ingredients are fully incorporated and the lotion is uniform.
7. pH Adjustment (Optional but Recommended): Check the pH of the finished lotion. For body lotions, an ideal pH is typically between 5.0 and 6.0. Adjust if necessary using a diluted solution of lactic acid (to lower pH) or sodium bicarbonate (to raise pH), adding drop by drop and rechecking.
8. Packaging: Transfer the finished lotion into clean, sterilized pump bottles or jars.

Recommendations for Use:

• Muscenone Dosage: The recommended dosage for Muscenone in cosmetics is 0.05% to 1%. Our recipe uses 0.5%, which is effective for adding a noticeable, long-lasting musk note and enhancing the overall fragrance. You can adjust this slightly based on the desired intensity.
• Incorporation: Muscenone is added during the cool-down phase (below 40°C) along with other heat-sensitive ingredients like fragrance oils and preservatives, to ensure its aromatic integrity and stability.
• Solubility: Ensure your formulation is oil or alcohol-based, as Muscenone is not water-soluble. It will seamlessly integrate into emulsion-based products like lotions and creams.
• Fragrance Blending: Muscenone's clean, soft musk profile makes it an excellent base note that complements a wide variety of fragrance types, from floral and fruity to woody and oriental.
• Storage: Store the finished lotion in a cool, dark place away from direct sunlight to preserve the integrity of the ingredients and the fragrance.
• Batch Testing: Always perform a small test batch to ensure the fragrance and stability are to your liking before committing to a larger production.