Aroma ChemicalGourmandBase note
Gamma-Octalactone.
Delivers a rich, creamy coconut character with dairy-like sweetness and subtle peachy-apricot undertones that evoke tropical indulgence.
From the literature
TGSC, suppliers, and others, quoted as filed.
Mosciano, Gerard P&F 21, No. 1, 33, (1996)“Sweet, creamy, coconut, milky, soapy, coumarin, fruity, peach and apricot”
Luebke, William tgsc, (1998)“Sweet coconut waxy creamy tonka dairy fatty”
PerfumersWorld“Sweet creamy dairy fatty oily coconut aromatic sweet creamy coconut”
Pell Wall Perfumes“Sweet, coconut, waxy, creamy, coumarin, milky, rich according to arctander: “this lactone is used in perfumery in heavy floral fragrances such as gardenia, tuberose, hyacinth, and even in lily. it serves as an interesting modifier or substitute for coumarin in herbaceous fragrance types, fougeres, lavenders, etc. in spite of its comparatively low boiling point, it has an excellent tenacity.””
Functional profile
How perfumers typically use Gamma-Octalactone — concentration ranges (min · median · max) across community formulas.
Enhance
6 formulas
Accent
4 formulas
Support
4 formulas
