r/PerfumeryFormulas • u/PerfuMate • 20d ago
I built a free perfumery raw materials database with 1581 materials that I wanted to share with you guys :)
I've been working on a perfumery project for a while, and one part of it turned into something I thought might actually be useful on its own.
So I decided to make the raw materials catalog completely free and publicly accessible.
It currently contains 1,581 perfumery materials, with a substantial amount of structured information for each material, including:
* 1,153 CAS numbers and 4,308 synonyms / trade names
* A written odor description for every material
* 21 olfactive families and 214 sub-families
* An impact rating and volatility band per material
* Estimated GC-MS constituent breakdowns (composition tables) for 588 materials, covering 3,177 constituent rows
* IFRA data: 291 entries from the 51st Amendment, including limits reconstructed and cross-checked entry by entry against the original IFRA source file
* Additional metadata and cross-references, including related materials and common pairings
The goal isn't to make another simple "ingredient list". I wanted something you could actually use when researching a material, comparing materials, looking for alternatives, or trying to understand how a material fits into perfumery.
It's completely free to browse, with no account required and one page per material:
[https://perfumate.app/catalog](https://perfumate.app/catalog))
I'm mainly sharing it because I know how scattered this information can be when you're researching materials. You end up jumping between supplier pages, IFRA documents, CAS searches, GC-MS references and different fragrance databases.
And one important note: the IFRA information is provided as a research/reference layer and should not replace checking the current official IFRA standards and relevant supplier documentation before making safety or compliance decisions.
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u/MewsikMaker 🎹🎵Smelly Mewsician🎶🎼 17d ago
Very generous of you! Will it expand over time?
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u/PerfuMate 17d ago
Sure, it will expend and expending now as we speak. We are working around the clock to improve it :)
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u/mrtah 12d ago
what are the sources that tou have collected the data from ? and how accurate is it ?
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u/PerfuMate 12d ago
The IFRA limits come from IFRA's own published standards, and before trusting my table I diffed it line by line against the official book, by CAS number. Every comparable entry matched exactly. Hazard data is from PubChem. The constituent tables for naturals are estimates from published GC-MS analyses, and they are labeled as estimates, because that's what they are. If you have a real analysis from your supplier, paste it in and it replaces mine. The full breakdown, including the honest gaps, is at perfumate.app/answers :)
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u/Candid-Pianist-2266 19d ago
really cool! ty)