Methyl oleate is a fatty acid methyl ester used primarily as a solvent and diluent rather than an odorant. It has a very faint, mildly oily-waxy character with a slight fatty note, essentially near-odorless at use levels.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 924.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Mild-fatty, oily odor of considerable tenacity. The oily notes are pleasant, natural and not rancid (unless material is over-aged or improperly stored).
This ester finds some use in perfume compositions, mainly in certain flower bases and floral compositions, calling for oily notes in the floral, petal-like portion of the odor. Jasmin, Tuberose, Gardenia and several other floral bases may benefit from the effect of this ester, although many related materials are used for the same purpose.
Produced by direct esterification of Methanol with Oleic acid, e.g. under azeotropic conditions.