A soft rosy-geranium floral with a fruity, slightly waxy-green undertone reminiscent of ripe apple and pear peel. Less sharp than geranyl acetate, with a rounder, creamier character that bridges floral and fruit notes.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 602.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, fruity, almost pineapple-like and apple-peel-like odor with rosy-tobacco-like, herbaceous undertones.
Fruity, apple-like, somewhat herbaceous and not very sweet taste.
This ester finds some use in perfumery for Lavender, Geranium, Appleblossom, Sweet Pea, Freesia and Peony, and in various Rose types.
It is also used now and then in flavors, mainly apple and peach imitations, and in tobacco flavoring.
Produced by direct esterification of Geraniol with n-Valeric acid using azeotropic conditions.