(E)-β-damascone

Damascones are a series of closely related chemical compounds that are components of a variety of essential oils. The damascones belong to a family of chemicals known as rose ketones, which also includes damascenones and ionones. beta-Damascone is a contributor to the aroma of roses, despite its relatively low concentration, and is an important fragrance chemical used in perfumery.

The odour strength of all the damascones are high. The aroma of α-damascone is described as "sweet, floral, metallic, fruity, apple, spicy, plum, minty, woody, green, berry", β-damascone is described as "fruity, floral, black currant, plum, rose, honey, tobacco", γ-damascone is described as "fruity, floral, rose, green, cooked apple, plum, thujonic, tobacco", and δ-damascone is described as "fruity, sweet, rose, natural, petal, black currant bud, tobacco, woody, minty, brown, herbal".