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Hay Absolute

Naturals Base Note CAS 8031-00-3

Sweet, dry hay with a soft tobacco and coumarinic character and a light mossy, herbal facet. Tenacious, it adds a warm, natural hay note to chypre, fougere and amber accords.

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Odor profile

Note Base Note
Descriptor 1 Herbal
Descriptor 2 Hay
Descriptor 3 Sweet
Odor Impact1 200
Tenacity1 24 h
Tenacity2 400 h

1 Source: PerfumersWorld

2 Source: The Good Scents Company

Both tenacity figures are blotter life. The two labs use different evaluation protocols, so the numbers are not directly comparable — read them as two independent readings, not as a contradiction.

Identification

CAS Number8031-00-3
INCI NameGrass-hay herb extract
CategoryNaturals
Botanical NameLolium perenne L.

Synonyms

Hay oil, Festuca perennis (L.) Columbus & J.P.Sm, Hordeum compressum Boiss. & Orph, Hay Absolute (lolium Perenne), Lolium Perenne L. Absolute, foin coupe absolute, hat abs LMR (IFF), hay abs BM 01, hay abs MD 50 PCT BB, hay absolute (for fragrance) (Robertet), hay absolute france, hay absolute MD 50 PCT TEC, hay deco. abs. pur, hay incolor abs MD, on carrier, hay type HT TBM 06, lolium perenne absolute, ryegrass absolute

Physical and chemical data

Flash Point >93 °C
Density 0.930 to 0.970
Refractive Index 1.470 to 1.490
Solubility alcohol
Appearance brown past

Regulatory status

Restricted components

ComponentShare
Coumarin8 %
D-Limonene0.072 %
Eugenol0.072 %

IFRA regulated substances contained in this material. The interactive index derives the effective maximum concentration per category from them.

EU allergen declaration

SubstanceShare
Limonene0.072 %
Eugenol0.072 %
Coumarin0.072 %

Substances that must be named in the ingredient list under Annex III of Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/1545. Where a range was given, the upper bound is shown.

All figures on this page are guide values collected from public reference works and supplier declarations. They differ between batches, origins and qualities. The data sheet of your own supplier is always the authoritative document for the material you actually use.

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