A soft, waxy-floral aliphatic ester with a mild fatty-oily character and a subtle petitgrain-like green nuance. Quiet and diffusive rather than sharp, it adds a creamy, skin-like smoothness reminiscent of clean wax and warm floral petals.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 454.
Colorless oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Refreshing, waxy-fruity odor with citrusy note.
Dodecyl acetate is also used in flavor compositions for imitation Butter, Lemon, Orange, Peach, Pineapple, etc. and in various meat flavor bases.
Useful in perfume formulations, particularly as a topnote ingredient — in spite of its high boiling point. In fact, the performance of odor, shown by this chemical, is quite remarkable. A lasting odor from the very topnote throughout the various stages of evaporation of the fragrance. However, it needs blending with other materials to become more attractive, especially Citrus oils, light, fruity notes or light woody notes. It will also impart a pleasant freshness to sophisticated Pine fragrances, and in Carnation bases.
Produced by direct esterification of Lauryl alcohol with Acetic acid (azeotropic conditions) or with Acetic anhydride.