Zingerone

At a glance

A warm, pungent-sweet compound from ginger, giving a spicy, slightly sweet gingery character used in spicy g It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
⚗️ Synthetic
Origin
Ginger root
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
Chemical family
Ketone
CAS number
122-48-5
Profile
spicy, spicy-spicy, spicy-spicy, warm
IFRA status
Not restricted
● drafted · last checked 2026-09-01