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Odor Type:
Buttery
CAS #:
142-62-1
Odor Strength:
Medium
Pyramid:
Top
Aroma Chemicals
Presents a powerfully sour, fatty character with distinct cheesy and sweaty facets that can be both repulsive and fascinating in controlled doses
Odor Strength
Medium
Odor Type
Buttery
How perfumers typically use Hexanoic Acid in their compositions.
1 formulas
Fragrance styles and categories where Hexanoic Acid appears most often.
1 formulas
Luebke, William tgsc, (1987): Sour fatty sweat cheese
Blue Marble Biomaterials: Sour, fatty, sweat, cheesy
Symrise: Sickening, sweaty, pungent, cheesy, fatty
Alfrebro: Sickening, sweaty, pungent, cheesy, fatty
Bedoukian Research: Mild, fatty
Used in lavender fragrances.
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