A soft, rosy-floral ester with a fruity, slightly waxy character reminiscent of geranium and rose petals dipped in green fruit. Over time it develops a mild oily-sweet undertone, less sharp than geranyl acetate and more rounded than the free alcohol.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 597.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Mild and fresh-floral-fruity odor of good tenacity. More fruity than floral, the fruity notes resembling Peach and Apricot.
Fruity Apricot-like taste, but not quite sweet.
Has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, but this ester seems to be too rare in the trade to find a wider use, and its odor characteristics are not sufficiently unusual to warrant a preference for this ester.
Produced by direct esterification of Geraniol with Heptanoic acid under azeotropic conditions.