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GERANYL LINALOOL

CAS
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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
floralwoodyamberfougerechypre
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
floralgreenwoodysweet

A soft, gentle floral-woody material with a mild rosy-linalool character and a faint sweet balsamic undertone. Very quiet and diffusive rather than loud, it acts as a subtle fixative and rounding agent, extending floral and woody accords without adding sharpness.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
3 / 10
Tenacity
9 / 10
Volatility
2 / 10
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chemicals · No. 1449

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 597.

MIDDLEtenacity · highpower · moderate
mildsweetgreenfloralwoody
MW
290.49
BP
340°C
MP
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Sp.Gr.
0.89
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Appearance

Viscous colorless liquid.

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with most perfume oils.

Odor

Mild and sweet, delicately green-floral odor with a slightly woody undertone, yet not an overall dry odor.

Uses in perfumery

Used in artificial flower absolutes and in the more delicate and long-lasting floral perfume types, such as Muguet or Jonquil, also in Tuberose.

Production

Produced in the process of making synthetic Vitamin E via Farnesol.

Identity
Aliases · 1
3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-1,6,10,14-hexadecatetraen-3-ol
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