Sweet, rosy-floral character with a clear geranium-rose facet and a soft citrusy lift on top. Develops a slightly waxy, green-fruity undertone as it settles, staying smooth and rounded without sharpness.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 586.
Colorless oily liquid. May turn pale yellowish and change odor by absorbing oxygen from air.
Slightly soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils, soluble in propylene glycol.
Mild and sweet, floral Rose-type odor. Warm and yet slightly dry undertones, but there are great variations according to the quality and origin of the Geraniol.
Its taste is somewhat disappointing, somewhat bitter unless used at very low concentration. Nerol is generally preferred for better sweetness. However, Geraniol finds its way into multitude of flavor types, such as Apple, Apricot, Strawberry, Raspberry, Plum, Peach, Honey, Cherry, Lemon, Cassia, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Rootbeer, Ginger Ale, etc.
One of the most frequently used perfume chemicals, this alcohol finds its way into all types of perfumes for all kinds of purposes, from delicate lotion perfumes and soft cosmetic fragrances to sweet floral household odors and even the least expensive soap perfumes. Although primarily a rose material, Geraniol is used generally as a sweet floral material of outstanding versatility. It forms conventionally a major part of most artificial Ylang Ylang bases, and is often included in creations of Peony, Sweet Pea, Frangipanni, Magnolia, etc.
Concentrations are usually kept as low as 1 to 10 ppm in the finished product, more because of the lack of sweetness than because of any fear of toxicity.
1) by isolation from Palmarosa oil or from Citronella oil. 2) by reduction of Citral a. 3) from Pinene via Myrcene and its Hydrochloride to Geranyl chloride.
Natural complex substances (NCSs) in which this material typically occurs.
| NCS | Botanical | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| PALMAROSA OIL | Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) Wats | 82.4% |
| ROSE OIL | Rosa x damascena Mill. | 20% |
| CITRONELLA OIL, CEYLON TYPE | Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle | 17.7% |
| ORANGE FLOWER WATER ABSOLUTE | Citrus aurantium L. spp. Amara Link | 10.2% |
| GERANIUM OIL, TERPENE-FREE | Pelargonium graveolens l'Hertier ex Aiton | 10% |
| GERANIUM OIL | Pelargonium graveolens l'Hertier ex Aiton | 9% |
| ROSE ABSOLUTE | Rosa x damascena Mill. | 5% |
| VERBENA OIL AND ABSOLUTE (LIPPIA CITRIODORA KUNTH.) | Lippia citriodora (L.) Kunth | 4.1% |
| LEMONGRASS OIL, EAST INDIAN | Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steudel) Will. Watson | 3.8% |
| PETITGRAIN OIL TERPENELESS, PARAGUAY | Citrus aurantium L. spp. Amara Link | 3% |
| PETITGRAIN OIL TERPENES, PARAGUAY | Citrus aurantium L. spp. Amara Link | 3% |
| PETITGRAIN BIGARADE OIL | Citrus aurantium L. spp. Amara Link | 2.4% |
| LEMON OIL TERPENELESS | Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. | 2% |
| PETITGRAIN LEMON OIL | Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. | 2% |
| MELISSA OIL (GENUINE MELISSA OFFICINALIS L.) | Melissa officinalis L. | 1.3% |
| OSMANTHUS ABSOLUTE | Osmanthus fragrans Lour. | 1.2% |
| CARROT SEED OIL | Daucus carota L. | 1.1% |
| LITSEA CUBEBA OIL | Litsea Cubeba(Lour.) Pers. | 1.1% |
| ARMOISE VULGARIS OIL | Artemisia vulgaris L. | 1% |
| CASSIE ABSOLUTE | Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Willd. | 1% |
| LEMON OIL COLD PRESSED | Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. | 1% |
| LINALOE WOOD OIL | Bursera penicillata (DC.) Engl. | 1% |
| ORANGE FLOWER OIL, BITTER (NEROLI AND NEROLI BIGARADE) | Citrus aurantium L. spp. Amara Link | 1% |
| ORANGE OIL, SWEET, PSORALEN-FREE | Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck | 1% |
| ORANGE PEEL OIL, SWEET TERPENELESS | Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck | 1% |
| SNAKEROOT OIL | Asarum canadense L. | 1% |
| YLANG, YLANG OIL, TERPENE-FREE | Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. &Thomson oil (forma genuine Steenis) | 1% |
| LAVENDER ABSOLUTE | Lavandula angustifolia angustifolia | 0.9% |
| CORIANDER HERB OIL | Corindrum sativum L. | 0.8% |
| ROSEWOOD OIL | Aniba rosaeodora (Ducke) var amazonica | 0.8% |
| CANANGA OIL | Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson (forma macrophylla Steenis) | 0.7% |
| CARDAMOM SEED EXTRACT | Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton | 0.7% |
| CITRUS HYSTRIX EXTRACT | Citrus hystrix DC | 0.7% |
| GINGER OIL (ROOT) | Zingiber officinale Rosc. | 0.5% |
| LAVENDIN SUPER OIL | Lavendula super | 0.5% |
| HELICHRYSUM ABSOLUTE | Helichrysum angustifolium DC. | 0.4% |
| HO LEAF OIL | Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl | 0.4% |
| MYRTLE OIL | Myrtus communis L. | 0.4% |
| MICHELIA ALBA EXTRACT | Michelia x alba DC. (champaca x montana) | 0.4% |
| LAVANDIN ABRIALIS OIL | Lavandula x intermedia abrialis | 0.3% |
| MARJORAM OIL, SWEET | Origanum majorana L. | 0.3% |
| BASIL OIL, CHEMOTYPE LINALOOL | Ocimum basilicum L. | 0.2% |
| CLARY SAGE CONCRETE | Salvia sclarea L. | 0.2% |
| HOP OIL | Humulus lupus L. | 0.2% |
| KUMQUAT OIL, FORTUNELLA MARGARITA | Fortunella (Lour.) Swingle | 0.2% |
| MANDARIN OIL, TERPENELESS | Citrus reticulata Blanco | 0.2% |
| MARJORAM OIL, SPANISH | Origanum mastichina L. | 0.2% |
| TANGERINE OIL TERPENELESS | Citrus reticulata blanco | 0.2% |
| EUCALYPTUS RADIATA OIL | Eucalyptus radiata Sieber ex DC oil | 0.16% |
| GENET ABSOLUTE | Spartium junceum L. | 0.13% |
| BERGAMOT OIL EXPRESSED | Citrus bergamia (Risso) Wright & Arn. | 0.1% |
| BERGAMOT OIL, FUROCOUMARIN FREE | Citrus bergamia (Risso) Wright & Arn. | 0.1% |
| GRAPEFRUIT OIL, FOLDED | Citrus paradisi Macf. | 0.1% |
| JUNIPERBERRY OIL | Juniperus communis L. | 0.1% |
| JASMINE OFFICINALE ABSOLUTE | Jasminum officinale L. | 0.1% |
| LEMON OIL, FUROCOUMARIN FREE | Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. | 0.1% |
| MARJORAM OLEORESIN | Origanum majorana L. | 0.1% |
| TUBEROSE ABSOLUTE | Poliantes tuberosa L. | 0.1% |
| WORMWOOD OIL | Artemisia absinthium L. | 0.1% |
| LAVANDIN ABSOLUTE | Laurus nobilis L | 0.05% |
| THYME OIL, WILD | Thymus vulgaris L. | 0.05% |
| GINGERGRASS OIL | Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt | 0.04% |
| BITTER ORANGE PEEL OIL EXPRESSED | Citrus aurantium L. spp. Amara Link | 0.04% |
| FIR NEEDLE OIL, SIBERIAN | Abies siberica Ledeb (Pinaceae) | 0.03% |
| HYACINTH ABSOLUTE | Hyacinthus orientalis L. | 0.03% |
| LEMON EXTRACT | Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. | 0.03% |
| LIME OIL, COLD PRESSED, FUROCOUMARIN FREE | Citrus aurantifolia (Christman) Swingle | 0.03% |