Givescone

About this material

When is a damascone not a damascone? When it's Givescone! To the untrained nose it would be easy to presume that this sticky and fruity chemical is part of the rose ketone family, but it isn't. As a consequence it can be thrown in your scents with gay abandon. It has no IFRA restriction at all. The author of Perfumery: Techniques in evolution describes it as “a well known chemical that is difficult to describe. It has many nuances of the damascones and damascenone, but is less sharp-metallic and has more of a sweet-apple note. It combines very well with undecavertol [.]” Givescone is used at 0.2% in My Way (2020) by Armani where it enhances the fruitiness of a blend of damascones and raspber… — Fraterworks

Usage in formulas

The 311th most used material of 1414 in the catalogue, present in 20 of 807 formulas. A signature material: whoever uses it means to.