Milk Base
Premium Base Ingredient for Perfumery
Milk Fragrance Base is a synthetic fragrance base developed to emulate the soft, creamy scent of fresh milk. Its olfactory structure revolves around lactonic notes, delivering a smooth and slightly sweet profile with a velvety, almost condensed-milk nuance. Functionally, it serves as a texturizing and comforting element in perfumery, supporting gourmand, floral, fruity, and musky compositions. Its mild yet persistent character helps round out harsher ingredients and contributes to a more cohesive, tactile scent experience.
Premium Base Ingredient for Perfumery
Milk Fragrance Base is a synthetic fragrance base developed to emulate the soft, creamy scent of fresh milk. Its olfactory structure revolves around lactonic notes, delivering a smooth and slightly sweet profile with a velvety, almost condensed-milk nuance. Functionally, it serves as a texturizing and comforting element in perfumery, supporting gourmand, floral, fruity, and musky compositions. Its mild yet persistent character helps round out harsher ingredients and contributes to a more cohesive, tactile scent experience.
Premium Base Ingredient for Perfumery
Milk Fragrance Base is a synthetic fragrance base developed to emulate the soft, creamy scent of fresh milk. Its olfactory structure revolves around lactonic notes, delivering a smooth and slightly sweet profile with a velvety, almost condensed-milk nuance. Functionally, it serves as a texturizing and comforting element in perfumery, supporting gourmand, floral, fruity, and musky compositions. Its mild yet persistent character helps round out harsher ingredients and contributes to a more cohesive, tactile scent experience.
Base Ingredient Overview
📝 Odor Type: Lactonic, creamy, sweet
📈 Odor Strength: Medium
👃🏼 Odor Profile: Milky, smooth, slightly sweet, condensed milk nuance
⚗️ Uses: Creamy modifier, texture enhancer, gourmand booster
🧴 Appearance: Clear to milky pale liquid
What is Milk Fragrance Base?
Milk Fragrance Base is a synthetic perfumery base designed to replicate the comforting aroma of dairy cream or fresh milk. It typically includes lactones (such as δ-decalactone or γ-nonalactone), low-level musks, and subtle sweeteners like ethyl vanillin or maltol derivatives. The blend is optimized for stability in alcohol and oil-based systems, avoiding oxidation and rancidity commonly seen in dairy-derived extracts.
This type of base falls within the "milky" olfactory family, commonly used to impart creaminess, softness, or a gourmand undertone. Unlike natural milk derivatives, it is allergen-controlled and non-animal derived, making it vegan-friendly and compliant for a broader range of formulations.
Olfactory Profile and Perfumery Applications
Milk Fragrance Base is characterized by:
Primary notes: Sweet lactonic tones with creamy softness.
Texture role: Adds volume, smoothness, and a “round mouthfeel” sensation.
Volatility: Low to medium, positioned between heart and base notes.
It’s frequently used in:
Gourmand fragrances: To soften strong edible notes like caramel or praline.
Floral perfumes: Enhancing jasmine, mimosa, or heliotrope with a creamy cushion.
Musky scents: Rounding off white musks or aldehydic structures.
Fruity blends: Complementing fig, peach, coconut, or berry elements.
Synergistic ingredients include coumarin, tonka absolute, heliotropin, benzyl acetate, and ambrettolide.
Industrial and Technical Uses
Primarily used in fine fragrance, but its softness and food-adjacent character allow for limited crossover into:
Scented body care products (lotions, creams)
Cosmetic emulsions with gourmand orientation
Home fragrance, especially candles and diffusers
Due to its synthetic composition and non-edible classification, this base is not used in flavor applications.
Sources
Internal Scentspiracy Base Formulation Archive
IFRA Standards Documentation (51st Amendment)
ECHA Substance Database
FEMA GRAS Database (for individual aroma chemicals)
Peer-reviewed literature on lactonic aroma compounds in perfumery
