Benzophenone 10%

Description and usage notes:

A very mild-smelling material that undiluted is a solid that comes as white flakes, it is presented here as a 10% solution in DPG for convenience but if you prefer to have it undiluted that is available too. A good fixative for rose and other floral notes that is also very helpful in hot applications like candles and bath oils.

Arctander describes it like this: “Used extensively in perfumes for sweet-woody-geranium-like notes in low-cost fragrances, soap perfumes, etc. Useful as a fixative.

It has an extremely low vapor pressure at room temperature, and its effect upon the fragrance is only perceptible and apparent in mixtures with lower boiling items or at higher temperatures.”