1-Octanol has a fresh, fatty-waxy aroma with a distinct orange-citrus peel character and a green, slightly bruised leaf undertone. Over time it settles into a soft, oily, mushroom-like nuance typical of C8 alcohols.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1044.
Colorless, slightly oily liquid
0.05% soluble in water, soluble in Propylene glycol, miscible with alcohol and oils
Powerful, fresh, Orange-Rose-like, waxy and sweet odor of poor tenacity. Balsamic-herbal undertones are often classified as Opopanax-like. Oily-fruity, sweet and slightly herbaceous taste at about 5 ppm.
Oily-fruity, sweet and slightly herbaceous taste at about 5 ppm.
This alcohol finds limited use in perfumery, although widely distributed in many types of fragrance: Rose, Jasmin, Sweet Pea, Honey, Orangeblossom, Citrus colognes, sophisticated Pine needle odors, waxy floral odors, etc.
The title alcohol is used in trace amounts in imitation Peach, Pineapple, Coconut, Chocolate, and in various citrus and fruit complexes.
Produced from Coconut fatty acids, e.g. reduction of Methylcaprylate with Sodium ethoxide.