Ethyl ricinoleate is a nearly odorless, oily ester derived from castor oil. Used primarily as a solvent, emollient, and fixative in perfumery rather than for its own scent, it may exhibit a very faint fatty or waxy nuance at high concentration.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 550.
Pale yellowish viscous oil.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very faint 'oily' odor when pure. Less sweet, more harsh-smelling if poorly stored or oxidized.
Occasionally used in perfume compositions, mainly as a component of artificial flower absolutes, etc. or in various places to introduce a natural oily note of lasting effect.
The ester is also used in flavor compositions for a similar purpose.
Produced by direct esterification of Ethanol with Ricinoleic acid.