A soft, mildly sweet floral-balsamic ester with a rosy, slightly fruity character reminiscent of geranium and rose petals over a faint waxy background. Quiet and rounded rather than diffusive, it functions largely as a fixative and blender in floral and cologne accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 282.
Colorless viscous liquid, or pale straw-colored liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with oils. Almost insoluble in Propylene glycol.
Very mild rosy, somewhat dry-woody odor of considerable tenacity, but of low odor value, overall not too interesting.
Occasionally used as a fixative in Hyacinth, Rose or Muguet fragrances.
Produced by direct esterification of Citronellol with Benzoic acid under azeotropic conditions and using a catalyst.