Globanone
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Globanone is a macrocyclic musk with a musky, cosmetic, creamy, and floral odor profile. It provides a rich, voluminous, and balsamic rounding effect and demonstrates strong synergies when combined with other macrocyclic ketones and lactones. It exhibits very high tenacity and is primarily used as a fixative or volume enhancer in modern fragrance compositions.
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Globanone is a macrocyclic musk with a musky, cosmetic, creamy, and floral odor profile. It provides a rich, voluminous, and balsamic rounding effect and demonstrates strong synergies when combined with other macrocyclic ketones and lactones. It exhibits very high tenacity and is primarily used as a fixative or volume enhancer in modern fragrance compositions.
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Globanone is a macrocyclic musk with a musky, cosmetic, creamy, and floral odor profile. It provides a rich, voluminous, and balsamic rounding effect and demonstrates strong synergies when combined with other macrocyclic ketones and lactones. It exhibits very high tenacity and is primarily used as a fixative or volume enhancer in modern fragrance compositions.
Synthetic Ingredient Overview
🔎 Chemical Name: 8-Cyclohexadecen-1-one
🧪 Synonyms: Globanone, 8-Cyclohexadecenone
🧬 Chemical Formula: C₁₆H₂₈O
📂 CAS N°: 3100-36-5
📘 FEMA: Not applicable
⚖️ MW: 236.40 g/mol
📝 Odor Type: Musk (Macrocyclic)
📈 Odor Strength: Medium impact
👃🏼 Odor Profile: Musky, cosmetic, creamy, floral
⚗️ Uses: Fixative, volume enhancer, musky floral support
🧴 Appearance: Colorless to pale yellow liquid
What is Globanone?
Globanone is a macrocyclic ketone classified among musky odorants. Structurally related to other macrocyclic musks such as Habanolide® and Exaltolide®, it provides a diffusive, musky-creamy profile that is perceptible at low concentrations. Chemically stable and non-sensitizing at typical use levels, Globanone is primarily used to add volume, softness, and persistence to the base of floral, woody, and modern skin-scent compositions.
It is often chosen for its clean cosmetic signature that does not exhibit phenolic, nitromusk, or sharp animalic notes.
Olfactory Profile & Perfumery Applications
Musky & creamy: Globanone provides a rounded musky base, suited for skin-scent themes and intimate floral blends.
Floral enhancement: Particularly useful with white floral, rose, and muguet facets for added weight and longevity.
Blending: Excellent synergy with other macrocyclic musks and lactones (e.g., Ethylene Brassylate, Habanolide®, Delta Muscenone).
Fixative use: Helps extend volatile top notes and improve fragrance structure in EDT/EDP formats.
Recommended usage level: 1–20% in concentrate, depending on the desired projection and tenacity.
Industrial & Technical Uses
Globanone may also be utilized in:
Personal care: creams, deodorants, shower gels
Hair care: conditioners and leave-ins requiring long-lasting scent
Home fragrance: fine mists and reed diffusers with skin-like drydowns
Its performance in emulsions and alcohol-based products is stable across pH conditions.
Regulatory & Safety Overview
IFRA: No current restrictions under IFRA 51st Amendment
EU Allergens: Not on Annex III declarable allergen list
FEMA: Not listed for flavor use
ECHA (REACH): Registered; no major hazard classification
Toxicology: Non-sensitizing, non-phototoxic at standard use levels
Always consult the manufacturer's SDS and IFRA Certificate for batch-specific information.
Sources
Fulvio Ciccolo, Scentspiracy Internal Archive
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals (Steffen Arctander, 1969)
PubChem Compound Database – CID 10335
IFRA 51st Amendment Documentation
Givaudan Technical Sheets (macrocyclic musk category)
