Fragrances and Musks

TABLE 1.2 Upper Limit Fragrance Concentrations in Various Personal Care Products 

Polycyclic musk fragrances (PMFs) are a major class of compounds. More than 5000 tons of polycyclic musks are synthesized worldwide annually (Kannan et al., 2005). HHCB and AHTN are two of the most frequendy used PMFs worldwide. They are semi-volatile compounds with a log of 5.4—6.3 (Ricking et al., 2003). They am poorly 

Synthetic musks are also desirable in consumer products because of their fixative properties. Much as they are classified into these two groups, the members within each group of synthetic musks are quite diverse and do not have a common chemical stmctme. Thus, even within each group, musks cannot be tmated as a single entity in terms of characteristics except for the musky scent common to aU musks. Cosmetics application and absorption from textiles is a major somce of HHCB and AHTN, materials that end up in the environment (Cadby et al., 2002). 

TABLE 1.3 Commonly Used Fragrances and Their Characteristics 

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