I prepared this for Apprentices.

Common Perfumery Abbreviations

Older Formulas:
BdR = Bois de Rose = Rosewood = ( Linalool, basically…)
C = Coumarin
H = Heliotropin
MA = Musk Ambrette
MK = Musk Ketone
MX = Musk Xylene / Xylol
V = Vanillin

Newer Formulas
BA = Benzyl Acetate
BB = Benzyl Benzoate
Cyl = cylic = Aldehyde C-11 undecylic
DEA = Diethyl Acetal - Like as in Acetaldehyde DEA
DMA = Dimethyl Acetal - Like as in Acetaldehyde DMA
DHM = Dihydromyrcenol
DMBC = Dimethyl Benzyl Carbinol
DMBCA = Dimethyl Benzyl Carbinyl Acetate
DMBCB = Dimethyl Benzyl Carbinyl Butyrate
EB = Ethylene Brassylate
Gx = gx = Galaxolide
HADMA = Hydratropaldehyde dmethyl acetal
HDXCL = HCL = Hydroxycitronellal (but HCl and HCL are so close, better to use more letters to avoid confusion).
No one needs HCl Hydrochloric Acid in Perfumes…)
IBCH = Isobornyl Cyclo hexanol
IBQ = Iso Butyl Quinoline
IES= Iso E Super
Lenic = Enic= Aldehyde C-11 Undecylenic
MA / (Helional) = MA here is in the context of a Schiff base and = Methyl Anthranilate
MCP = Methyl cyclopentenolone, or Maple lactone
MNA = Methyl nonyl aldehyde, or Aldehyde C-12 MNA
OTBCHA = Ortho Tertiary Butyl Cyclohexenyl Acetate
PADMA = Phenyl acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal
PCPA = Para Cresyl Phenylacetate
PEA = Phenyl ethyl alcohol - do not assume PEA is Phenyl ethyl acetate
PTBCHA = Para Tertiary butyl cyclohexenyl acetate

Solvents:
DEP = Diethyl Phthalate
DPG = Dipropylene Glycol
EtOH = ETOH = Ethyl Alcohol
IPA = Isopropyl Alcohol
IPM = Isopropyl Myristate
PG = Propylene Glycol
TEC = Triethyl Citrate
Also, if marked as “10% Alc.”, meaning it is diluted to 10% in Alcohol, assume ethyl alcohol

Other
Ct = Chemotype
FG = Might be either Flavor Grade, Food Grade, or Fragrance Grade… Don’t know yet
FL= Flavors
FR = Fragrances
MD = Molecular Distillation
Me = Methyl
NAT = Natural
Neat = 100%, undiluted
OS = Oil Soluble
Phenethyl = Phenyl ethyl
RES or Res = Resinoid
WS = Water soluble


And some abbreviations which are not so famous but perfumers may use them commonly:

• COL: Citronellol
• GOL: Geraniol
• NOL: Nerol
• LOL: Linalool
• LOLAc: Linalyl acetate
• COLAc: Citronellyl acetate
• LOLPoP: Linalyl propionate
• BOH: Benzyl alcohol
• StyOAc: Styrallyl acetate
• TOL: Terpineol
• TOLAc: Terpinyl acetate

PK Note: I’ve never seen these above in use anywhere
But they do make sense…


PK Abbreviations:
rw = Real Weight