A soft, geranium-rosy floral with a fresh green-fruity lift, suggesting pear or apple skin over a mild waxy body. Less sharp than geraniol itself — the heptyl ester rounds it into a smoother, more diffusive floral-fruity tone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 638.
Colorless or pale straw-colored viscous liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Peculiar sweet-coumarinic, slightly woody-floral odor resembling Cassie, Mimosa and New Mown Hay, yet milder than the latter.
This rare ester has been suggested for use in floral fragrances, Oriental bases, woody complexes, etc. It blends well with Oakmoss, Patchouli, Rose, and with the herbaceous odors.
Produced by several methods, e.g. from Geranic acid and Heptanol.