Very faint, waxy-fatty odor reminiscent of stearin or candle wax with a mild oily nuance. Used more as a low-odor fixative, diluent, or carrier than as an active olfactory contributor.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 964.
White or opaque or colorless crystals.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with oils.
Virtually odorless when pure, but may carry a faint or mild, 'refined Castor oil' type of oily odor.
Practically tasteless, but imparts an oily mouthfeel without being fatty or greasy.
This ester finds a little use in perfume formulations as a blender/modifier or diluent of very little odor value. It may contribute a faint, oily note to flower bases, and it may be useful as an Oakmoss extract solvent, but beyond these and a few other uses, the material is not needed in a perfume laboratory.
Produced by esterification of Stearic acid with Methanol.