A soft, rosy-geranium floral with a fresh green edge and mild sweetness. Cleaner and less lemony than geraniol itself, with a smoother, slightly waxy floral character that leans toward rose-geranium leaf.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 871.
Colorless or very pale straw-colored oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Fresh-rosy odor, sweeter and slightly more citrusy than Geraniol.
This rare item has been suggested for use in perfume compositions as a modifier for the conventional 'rose alcohols', but it is still too expensive to be used in similar proportions or for low-cost fragrances.
Produced from Geraniol with Dimethylsulfate and Pyridine by heating in Diethylene glycol at 200-210° C.