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  2. Piperonal - Wikipedia

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    The compound was named heliotropin after the 'cherry pie' notes found in the heliotrope flower's fragrance (even though the chemical is not present in the flower's true aroma). [10] Perfumers began to use the fragrance for the first time by the early 1880s. [ 11 ]

  3. Cinnamyl alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Cinnamyl alcohol or styron [2] is an organic compound that is found in esterified form in storax, Balsam of Peru, and cinnamon leaves. It forms a white crystalline solid when pure, or a yellow oil when even slightly impure.

  4. Fragrance extraction - Wikipedia

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    Organic solvent extraction is the most common and most economically important technique for extracting aromatics in the modern perfume industry. Raw materials are submerged and agitated in a solvent that can dissolve the desired aromatic compounds. Commonly used solvents for maceration/solvent extraction include hexane, and dimethyl ether.

  5. Rose oxide - Wikipedia

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    Rose oxide is an organic compound of the pyran class of monoterpenes.The compound has a cis- and a trans-isomer, each with a (+)- and (−)-stereoisomer, but only the (−)-cis isomer (odor threshold 0.5 ppb) is responsible for the typical rose (floral green) fragrance.

  6. Phenoxyethanol - Wikipedia

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    Phenoxyethanol has germicidal and germistatic properties. [6] It is often used together with quaternary ammonium compounds.. Phenoxyethanol is used as a perfume fixative; an insect repellent; an antiseptic; [7] a solvent for cellulose acetate, dyes, inks, and resins; a preservative for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and lubricants; [8] an anesthetic in fish aquaculture; [9] [10] and in organic ...

  7. Aroma compound - Wikipedia

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    Fragrance bottles. An aroma compound, also known as an odorant, aroma, fragrance or flavoring, is a chemical compound that has a smell or odor.For an individual chemical or class of chemical compounds to impart a smell or fragrance, it must be sufficiently volatile for transmission via the air to the olfactory system in the upper part of the nose.

  8. Category:Perfume ingredients - Wikipedia

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  9. Nonanal - Wikipedia

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    Nonanal is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3 (CH 2) 7 CHO. It is one of several isomers, all are colorless oil. The nonanals are classified as aldehydes. The linear nonanal is produced commercially by the hydroformylation of 1-octene. It is used as a fragrance. [2]