AC
Gamma-Valerolactone
Aroma Chemicals
Gamma-Valerolactone
Presents a warm, sweet lactonic character with distinct tobacco and hay-like facets, balanced by creamy cocoa and woody undertones.
Aroma ChemicalMiddleCAS: 108-29-2
Odor Strength
Medium
Odor Type
Herbal
Hay
Functional Profile
How perfumers typically use Gamma-Valerolactone in their compositions.
Build
1 formulas
7.0%7.0%7.0%
Modulate
1 formulas
1.0%1.0%1.0%
Common Formula Contexts
Fragrance styles and categories where Gamma-Valerolactone appears most often.
Floral Bouquet
1 formulas
7.0%7.0%7.0%
Complex Composition
1 formulas
1.0%1.0%1.0%
TGSC Descriptions
Luebke, William tgsc, (1986): Herbal sweet warm tobacco cocoa woody
Other Descriptions
Gamma-Valerolactone 98.0% (Sum Of Isomers)
Bedoukian Research: A diffusive sweet, hay and tobacco-like odor with a strawberry sweetness
Toiletry fragrances.
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Odor Type:
Herbal
CAS #:
108-29-2
Odor Strength:
Medium
Pyramid:
Middle