Ethylene is a very light, gaseous hydrocarbon with a faintly sweet, ethereal odor. It has minimal olfactory presence in perfumery — more notable as a plant ripening hormone than a fragrance material, giving faint green-fruity nuances.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 500.
Colorless viscous liquid
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with oils
Faint, but tenacious, sweet, musk-like odor
Produced by esterification of Ethylene glycol with Sebacic acid under azeotropic conditions