Acetophenone

At a glance

A sweet, hawthorn-and-almond-like ketone used as a soft floral-sweet building block, often blended into orange blossom and almond-type accords. It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
⚗️ Synthetic
Origin
synthetic production
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
Chemical family
Ketone
CAS number
98-86-2
Profile
sweet, floral, slightly woody
IFRA status
Not restricted
● drafted · last checked 2026-09-01