Sodium hydroxide

At a glance

Sodium hydroxide is a chemical compound used in perfumery for pH adjustment and saponification reactions, not as a fragrance ingredient itself It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
โš—๏ธ Synthetic
Origin
Industrial production
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
CAS number
1310-73-2
IFRA status
Not restricted
โ— drafted ยท last checked 2026-09-01