Essentially odorless emollient ester used as a solvent, fixative, or carrier rather than an olfactory contributor. On close inspection a faint, neutral fatty-waxy note may be perceptible but it does not shape a fragrance's character.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Colorless or white waxy crystalline mass, melting at low temperature to a colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, miscible with oils. Almost insoluble in mineral oil.
Very mild, oily-waxy odor. Virtually odorless when pure.
This material finds a very limited use as a blender-solvent in certain perfume compositions, e.g. as an additive to flower absolutes and floral bases, in which it introduces a natural oily-waxy undertone and a general softness to the fragrance.
Produced by direct esterification of Decanol with Palmitic acid.