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Baimuxinal
A spiro sesquiterpene aldehyde of Chinese agarwood, woody and balsamic.
- Place in the wear
- Base
- What remains. Woods, resins, roots, musks.
- Office
- Modifier
- A trace that turns the heart. Used sparingly.
- Family
- Balsam
- Type
- Natural isolate
- CAS
- 86408-21-1
- Origin
- Agarwood constituent
- Span
- Stays in the drydown. A measured span on blotter and skin is not yet recorded.
- Odor
- Woody, balsamic
- IUPAC
- 3-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-6-methylspiro[4.5]dec-9-ene-10-carbaldehyde
- Formula
- C15H24O2
Baimuxinal takes its name from baimuxiang, a Chinese name for agarwood, and is described as woody and balsamic.
Baimuxinal is a constituent of agarwood, recorded here for reference rather than as a traded isolate; PubChem gives its IUPAC name as 3-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-6-methylspiro[4.5]dec-9-ene-10-carbaldehyde. Formula C15H24O2, molecular weight 236.35. The atlas files it under Balsam; its office is modifier and its place is the drydown.
Sources
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- PubChem CID 135215 synonyms
- PubChem CID 135215
- PubChem CID 135215
- Yang et al. 2021, Molecules 26:436, wild and cultivated “Qi-Nan” agarwood, odor table
- Cho & Jung 2025, Asian Journal of Beauty and Cosmetology, seven-origin agarwood GC-MS (Tables 2–4)