Description and usage notes:
IFF material in the ionone family with rich pineapple notes and oily undertones. Versatile with good body and diffusion (same molecule as Cetone V by Givaudan).
Arctander says it is: “Useful in perfume compositions as a modifier for Ionones and Methylionones, in modem-aldehydic creations, in perfumes with fruity-aldehydic topnotes, in combinations with Vetiver or woody-floral perfume materials, etc”
EM (verified owner) –
Of course Hexalon can be used with other ionones to great effect.
I really enjoy using Hexalon in fruitier compositions which have a green facet. Very good with ‘pineapple’ odourants; allyl amyl glycolate, ethyl butyrate, ethyl 2 methyl butyrate, other butyrates, acetates etc.
The implementation of Hexalon with galbanum materials; spirogalbanone, dynascone, Galbanol etc. is also worth noting.
Hexalon isn’t used nearly as much as it should be.
I have used Hexalon with many other materials and the effects are superb.
peter9370 (verified owner) –
I just can’t get on with this material. Maybe it’s my olfactory equipment, or maybe my sample, but I don’t get any floral or fruity notes at all. The main thing which I get is the smell of malt extract and cod-liver oil (the stuff used not so long ago to fortify babies), with hints of mint sauce. It’s remarkably like the smell of crushed Choisya leaves (although without the freshness). I note that Arctander says that it deteriorates with keeping – maybe mine has gone off.