Cashmiron Aroma Chemical: Odour, Uses and Safety

Cashmiron is a trade name for a perfumery raw material sold in India for its musky-woody, cashmere-like note. The name suggests a material of the cashmeran type. Cashmeran is a known aroma chemical (CAS 33704-61-9) described as musky, woody, spicy and soft. Azlok hasn't yet confirmed that Cashmiron is chemically identical to cashmeran, so treat it as an aroma chemical with that style of odour until you have the supplier's specification sheet.

• Odour: warm, musky, woody, slightly spicy, with a soft, powdery, skin-like character
• Role in a blend: mid-to-base note that adds volume and lasting power
• Behaviour: diffusive, meaning a small amount carries through the whole blend

Azlok sells Cashmiron as a perfumery raw material for fragrance work. It isn't a food, flavour or pharmaceutical ingredient. The listing name doesn't state a pack size, so check the product page. Compare today's price per kg.

• Fine fragrance and attars: adds warmth and a soft musky-woody body to oriental, woody, amber and floral perfumes.
• Soaps and detergents: a lasting background note in fragrance compounds for soaps, detergents and fabric conditioners.
• Home fragrance: candles, reed diffusers, room sprays and agarbatti or dhoop compounds.
• Blending: bridges woods, musks and florals so a blend smells rounder and more finished.

• Weigh it. Aroma chemicals are dosed by weight on a scale reading to 0.01 g, not by drops.
• Make a 10% dilution in a perfumery solvent such as dipropylene glycol or perfumer's alcohol. It's easier to smell and dose accurately.
• Smell it on a blotter over a few hours. The character changes as it dries down.
• Use it as a supporting note. It works best with woods, musks, amber notes and florals.
• Check current IFRA standards for your product category before finalising a formula. Finished cosmetics sold in India must meet CDSCO and BIS requirements.
• Patch test finished skin products before regular use.

• Don't apply the neat material to skin. Wear gloves and avoid eye contact.
• Work in a ventilated area and don't sniff directly from the bottle for long. Use blotters.
• Not for eating or drinking.
• Store in a tightly closed glass or aluminium bottle, filled close to the top, in a cool, dark place.
• Keep away from heat, flames and strong oxidisers.
• Keep out of reach of children, and label decants clearly.
• Absorb small spills with paper or sand and dispose of them with solid waste. Don't pour neat material down the drain.

Ask for the supplier's specification sheet and SDS before using Cashmiron in products you sell. That confirms the chemical identity and the IFRA information. Small packs suit perfumers building and testing formulas, since you only need a little in each blend. Fragrance houses, soap makers and agarbatti units needing 25 kg or more can ask for a quote through bulk inquiry.