Habanolide

10ml
Rs.900.00
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Habanolide

Rs.900.00
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Rabibazaar presents Habanolide, a popular macrocyclic musk aroma chemical widely used in modern perfumery. Known for its clean, soft, and slightly metallic musk character with subtle floral and ambrette undertones, Habanolide adds smoothness, volume, and lasting power to fragrance compositions. It is ideal for DIY perfumers, attar makers, soap formulators, and small fragrance brands in Pakistan looking to build long-lasting, skin-friendly musk accords. A must-have base note for perfumers exploring contemporary clean musk profiles.

Habanolide is a macrocyclic musk aroma chemical commonly used as a base note in modern perfumery. It belongs to the family of clean, white musks and is appreciated for its soft, slightly metallic, and powdery musk profile with light floral and waxy nuances. Habanolide is typically supplied as a clear to pale yellow liquid and is well known for its excellent substantivity, making it a reliable fixative in fragrance compositions.

In perfume formulation, Habanolide is widely used to add smoothness, lift, and a clean skin-like effect to floral, woody, fougère, citrus, aquatic, and laundry-style accords. It blends seamlessly with other musks, ambery materials, and modern synthetics to create soft, diffusive, and long-lasting trails. Perfumers also use it to round off rough edges in compositions and to add a polished, modern character to both fine fragrances and functional products.

For DIY perfumers, attar makers, and small fragrance brands, Habanolide is a beginner-friendly musk that is easy to dose and forgiving in blends. It works beautifully in alcohol-based perfumes, oil-based attars, soap fragrance bases, candles, and personal care products where a clean musk impression is desired.

At Rabibazaar, we provide Habanolide for DIY users, perfume students, and professional formulators across Pakistan. Buying from Rabibazaar ensures convenient online ordering, careful packing, and educational support for anyone learning the art of perfume making.


Key Features

  • Premium macrocyclic musk aroma chemical for modern perfumery
  • Clean, soft, slightly metallic musk character with floral and waxy nuances
  • Excellent fixative and long-lasting base note
  • Adds smoothness, diffusion, and skin-like warmth to compositions
  • Ideal for fine fragrances, attars, soaps, candles, and functional products
  • Beginner-friendly musk that blends easily in DIY perfume formulations
  • Suitable for small fragrance brands, perfume students, and hobbyists
  • Available online across Pakistan through Rabibazaar

Common Uses

  • Perfume making
  • Attars and perfume oils
  • Eau de parfum, eau de toilette, and cologne formulations
  • Soap making
  • Candles
  • Fragrance oils for cosmetic products
  • Body mists and personal care fragrance bases
  • DIY perfumery and student blending exercises

Recommended Usage Guide

Recommended Usage Level: Habanolide is commonly used between 0.5% – 10% in fragrance concentrates, depending on the desired musk intensity, perfume style, and final dilution. Some perfumers use it at higher levels in clean musk-focused accords, while lower percentages are ideal for subtle background fixation. Always confirm with the product COA, SDS, and current IFRA guidelines for your specific application category.

Best Used In: Fine fragrances, attars, body mists, soap fragrances, candles, and functional perfumery.

Phase: Fragrance phase. In cosmetic and soap formulations, add during the cool-down or fragrance addition stage.

Solubility: Oil soluble and alcohol soluble. Not water soluble. Easily dissolves in perfumer's alcohol, DPG, IPM, and most carrier oils used in attar bases.

pH Range: Not pH-sensitive in typical fragrance applications, but always verify based on the final formulation.

Heat Sensitivity: Generally stable but should be added to formulations at lower temperatures (cool-down phase) to preserve its character.


How to Use

  1. Start with small trial batches to understand its strength and dry-down.
  2. Pre-dilute Habanolide to 10% in perfumer's alcohol or DPG for easier dosing in micro-formulas.
  3. Gradually add it to your fragrance concentrate while evaluating on blotter strips.
  4. Combine with other musks, woody notes, or florals to build a balanced base.
  5. Allow the finished blend to macerate for 2–4 weeks for optimal harmony and smoothness.
  6. Test on blotter strips and skin before scaling up your final perfume.

Blending / Formulation Tips

Aroma Profile: Clean, soft, slightly metallic white musk with subtle floral, powdery, and waxy undertones. Often described as airy, modern, and skin-like.

Perfume Note Classification: Base note and fixative. Also functions as a modifier that adds smoothness and diffusion to top and heart notes.

Blends Well With:

  • Other musks such as Ethylene Brassylate, Galaxolide, and Ambrettolide
  • Woody materials like Iso E Super, Cedarwood, and Sandalwood synthetics
  • Ambery notes such as Ambroxan and Cetalox
  • Florals including Jasmine, Rose, Muguet, and Hedione
  • Citrus oils like Bergamot, Lemon, and Mandarin
  • Aquatic and ozonic materials like Calone and Helional

Best Perfume Styles: Modern clean musks, fresh florals, fougères, aquatics, soft woods, laundry-fresh accords, and contemporary unisex compositions.

Suggested Accord Ideas:

  • Clean cotton and laundry musk accord
  • Soft floral musk with rose and white musk character
  • Modern skin-scent base with Ambroxan and Iso E Super
  • Fresh aquatic accord with Calone and Habanolide as a smooth backdrop

Safety Information

  • For external use only.
  • Keep away from children and pets.
  • Avoid direct contact with eyes; rinse thoroughly with water if contact occurs.
  • Patch test the finished diluted product before regular use.
  • Follow recommended usage levels and current IFRA guidelines for your specific product category.
  • Use gloves when handling concentrated material and work in a well-ventilated area.
  • Avoid prolonged skin contact with the undiluted aroma chemical.
  • Store away from heat, sunlight, and moisture.
  • Always refer to the supplier SDS for complete handling and safety information.

Storage Instructions

Store Habanolide in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, heat sources, and moisture. Keep the container tightly closed after every use to prevent oxidation and contamination. Use clean, dry tools when measuring or transferring the material. For long-term storage, amber glass or HDPE containers are recommended to maintain quality and aromatic integrity.


Who Can Use This Product?

This ingredient is suitable for:

  • DIY perfumers and home fragrance enthusiasts
  • Perfume-making students learning modern accords
  • Small fragrance and attar brands in Pakistan
  • Soap and candle makers needing a long-lasting musk note
  • Cosmetic formulators creating fragranced personal care products
  • Resellers and professional manufacturers
  • Hobbyists exploring synthetic musks and base note fixation

Why Buy from Rabibazaar?

Rabibazaar provides DIY beauty and perfume-making ingredients to customers across Pakistan, including modern aroma chemicals like Habanolide. Whether you are a beginner exploring perfumery, a student practicing accord building, or a professional manufacturer, Rabibazaar offers reliable access to fragrance materials with educational support through product guidance and DIY formulation content. Order online with ease and get your perfume-making essentials delivered across Pakistan.


FAQs

1. What is Habanolide used for? Habanolide is a macrocyclic musk aroma chemical used in perfumery as a clean, soft musk base note and fixative. It is commonly used in fine fragrances, attars, soaps, candles, and personal care products.

2. Can I use Habanolide in soaps and candles? Yes. Habanolide performs well in soap and candle fragrance blends due to its excellent stability and long-lasting musk character. Use it according to your fragrance load and IFRA guidelines for the specific category.

3. What percentage of Habanolide should I use in my perfume? A typical usage range is 0.5% – 10% in the fragrance concentrate, depending on the perfume style and desired musk intensity. Always adjust based on your formulation and check current IFRA limits.

4. Is Habanolide beginner-friendly? Yes. It is one of the easier musks to work with due to its smooth profile and forgiving nature in blends. Beginners should start with a 10% dilution to better control dosage.

5. How should I store Habanolide? Store it in a cool, dry place away from sunlight, heat, and moisture. Keep the container tightly sealed and use clean tools when handling. Amber glass or HDPE bottles are ideal for long-term storage.

Order Habanolide online from Rabibazaar and bring a clean, modern musk character to your perfume, attar, soap, and candle formulations with confidence.


Information About Habanolide

Key Features

✦ Macrocyclic musk by Firmenich — clean, radiant, slightly metallic
✦ Liquid form for easy weighing and blending
✦ Highly biodegradable — modern eco-friendly musk
✦ Excellent fixative and substantivity on fabric and skin
✦ Found in countless modern fine fragrances and fabric care
✦ IFRA-friendly with no major restrictions
✦ 100% vegan and cruelty-free

About Habanolide

Habanolide is a macrocyclic musk created by Firmenich, belonging to the family of large-ring lactones that mimic the natural musks once obtained from animal sources. It is structurally close to Ambrettolide and shares the clean, smooth character that defines the modern musk palette developed from the 1980s onward.

What sets Habanolide apart is its unique radiance — clean and almost metallic, with a subtle ambrette and marine nuance that lifts a fragrance rather than weighing it down. It is a liquid at room temperature, making it far easier to handle than crystalline musks, and it combines beautifully with both natural and synthetic materials. Its biodegradability makes it the modern replacement for older polycyclic musks like Galaxolide in eco-conscious formulations.

Rabibazaar supplies cosmetic-grade Habanolide suitable for fine fragrance, attar blending, soap making, candles, lotions, fabric care, and functional perfumery.

Olfactory Profile

SCENT DESCRIPTION : Clean, radiant musk with a smooth metallic shimmer and a soft ambrette-seed nuance. It feels airy and almost transparent, like sun-dried laundry on a breezy day. There is a faint marine and slightly waxy character that gives depth without heaviness. The overall effect is modern, polished, and luminous.

NOTE POSITION : Base (with strong mid-to-base radiance)
FRAGRANCE FAMILY : Musk · Clean · Modern
FACETS : Clean · Metallic · Ambrette · Laundry · Radiant
TENACITY : Very High — 24 to 48+ hours on skin, several days on fabric
SILLAGE : Medium to High — diffusive yet smooth, never loud

Technical Specifications

Chemical Name : Pentadec-12-enolide (mixture of E/Z isomers)
CAS Number : 111879-80-2
Synonyms : 15-Pentadec-11-enolide · Macrocyclic Musk · Habanolide™ (Firmenich)
Purity % : ≥ 95% (verify with supplier batch)
Appearance : Colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
Odor Threshold : Very low — detectable at sub-ppm level
Solubility : Soluble in alcohol, DPG, IPM, oils — insoluble in water
Specific Gravity : ~0.95 (verify with supplier)
Flash Point : > 100°C (verify with supplier)
Type : Synthetic (macrocyclic lactone musk)

Applications & Usage Guidelines

Fine Fragrance ★★★★★
A staple of modern perfumery. Habanolide gives white florals, citrus, and aquatic compositions their clean, sunlit radiance. It works as both a fixative and a luminous accent in the base.

Attar & Oriental Blending ★★★★
Excellent for modernizing oud, rose, and sandalwood mukhallats. A small dose adds lift and a clean halo without disturbing the traditional warmth of oriental compositions.

Functional Fragrance ★★★★★
One of the most widely used musks in detergents, fabric softeners, shampoos, and deodorants. It survives surfactants and laundry processes beautifully and leaves a long-lasting clean trail on fabric.

Cosmetics ★★★★
Smooth and skin-friendly in lotions, creams, and body care. It boosts the perception of cleanliness and softness in any cosmetic base.

Home Fragrance ★★★★
Adds depth and substantivity to reed diffusers and room sprays, especially in clean linen, cotton, and floral compositions. In candles it works best in lower percentages due to its heavy molecular weight.

IFRA & Usage Rate

EDP : up to 10% of fragrance concentrate
EDT : up to 8% of fragrance concentrate
Body Lotion : 0.2% to 1% of finished product
Shampoo/Body Wash : 0.5% to 1.5% of finished product
Candle : 1% to 4% of fragrance load
Reed Diffuser : 2% to 6% of fragrance load
Soap (CP/MP) : 1% to 3% of finished product

IFRA 51st Amendment
Macrocyclic musks including Habanolide are generally not restricted under the current IFRA standards in most product categories. Always confirm with the latest IFRA certificate from your supplier batch.

⚠️ Use within recommended levels — overdosing can flatten a composition and reduce diffusion despite the high tenacity.

Blending Guide

Method 1 — Modern Clean Base
Combine Habanolide with Galaxolide, Iso E Super, and Ambroxan to build a transparent, radiant musk-amber base ideal for clean and modern signatures.

Method 2 — Laundry & Linen Accord
Blend with Cetalox, Ethylene Brassylate, and a touch of Hedione to create a true sun-dried-laundry impression for fabric care, soaps, and shampoos.

Method 3 — Softening Oriental Lift
Add 2 to 5% Habanolide to oud-rose, sandalwood, or amber mukhallats to give a modern airy halo without breaking the traditional character.

BEST PAIRINGS
Galaxolide → Boosts powdery clean musk depth
Ambrettolide → Adds natural ambrette warmth and skin feel
Iso E Super → Smooth woody radiance and diffusion
Hedione → Floral lift and transparency
Cetalox / Ambroxan → Mineral amber-musk modernity
Ethylene Brassylate → Sweet laundry softness
Sandalwood (Mysore or synthetic) → Creamy elegant base

AVOID
Overloading with other heavy musks at the same time — the radiance can dull. Use Habanolide as the “light” in a multi-musk accord, not the only player.

Perfumer's Note

Habanolide is one of those quiet workhorses I reach for when a composition needs to breathe. It does not shout like Galaxolide or hum like Ambrettolide — it shimmers. It is the musk that makes a fragrance feel washed in sunlight rather than perfumed.

ADVANCED TIP
Build a "musk accord" first before composing the rest of the perfume. Start with 40% Habanolide, 30% Galaxolide, 20% Ethylene Brassylate, and 10% Ambrettolide. Dilute this accord to 10% in DPG and use it as your base musk module — it will give every formula a consistent, modern, radiant signature with minimum guesswork.

Safety & Storage

Physical State : Clear liquid at room temperature
Skin Safety : Safe within IFRA limits — non-sensitizing in normal use
Eye Contact : Avoid contact — rinse with water if exposed
Ingestion : Not for ingestion — keep out of reach of children
Ventilation : Use in a well-ventilated area when weighing concentrates
Storage : Cool, dark place — away from heat and direct sunlight
Shelf Life : 24 to 36 months in sealed original container
Container : Amber glass or HDPE plastic — keep tightly closed
Flammability : Combustible liquid — keep away from open flame

FAQ

Q: What does Habanolide smell like?
A: Clean, radiant, slightly metallic musk with a soft ambrette and laundry-fresh feel. It is luminous rather than heavy.

Q: Is Habanolide safe for skin and cosmetics?
A: Yes, it is widely used in lotions, deodorants, and fine fragrance within recommended IFRA levels. Always patch test finished products.

Q: Can I use Habanolide in laundry detergents and softeners?
A: Absolutely — it is one of the most popular musks for fabric care because it survives wash cycles and clings beautifully to fibers.

Q: How much Habanolide should I use in a perfume?
A: Typically 2% to 10% of the fragrance concentrate, depending on the style. Start low and build up to taste.

Q: How does Habanolide compare to Galaxolide and natural ambrette?
A: Galaxolide is sweeter and powdery, natural ambrette is warmer and more skin-like, while Habanolide is cleaner, more radiant, and biodegradable — making it the modern eco-friendly choice.

Professional Guidance

Professional formulation workflow

Habanolide should be evaluated in a controlled small batch before production. Confirm the supplied grade, active concentration and recommended application range from the current supplier documentation. Weigh accurately instead of measuring by drops, record every adjustment, and compare the modified trial against an unchanged control.

Compatibility and quality checks

Test the ingredient in the actual alcohol, oil, surfactant, emulsion or wax base intended for sale. Observe clarity, separation, color, odor and performance immediately after mixing and again after a suitable resting period. A material that looks stable in a concentrate can behave differently in the finished formulation.

Scale-up and safety

Convert percentages into exact batch weights and verify the final consumer-product concentration before scaling. Follow the latest applicable IFRA, cosmetic, chemical and supplier safety documentation for the intended category. Use appropriate protective equipment, ventilation and clearly labeled containers, and retain a sample from every approved batch for quality comparison.

Where Can You Safely Use Habanolide?

Ratings for safety, stability, and effectiveness across common applications.

Application Score Rating
Alcoholic Perfume 9/10 Very Good
Anti-perspirants/Deo 9/10 Very Good
Creams and Lotions 9/10 Very Good
Lipsticks 7/10 Reasonable
Talcum Powder 8/10 Good
Tablet Soap 9/10 Very Good
Liquid Soap 9/10 Very Good
Shampoo 9/10 Very Good
Hair Conditioner 9/10 Very Good
Bath/Shower Gel 9/10 Very Good
Reed Diffuser 8/10 Good
Cold Wave 7/10 Reasonable
Detergent Powder 9/10 Very Good
Liquid Detergent 9/10 Very Good
Fabric Softener 9/10 Very Good
Candles 7/10 Reasonable
Incense 6/10 Fair