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cis-4-Heptenal

CAS 6728-31-0  ·  Synthetic  ·  Top note  ·  Fatty aldehydic

Impact

9 of 10

Working dilution

1% our default at this strength
Aldehydic 55%Green 27%Gourmand 18%
fatty 55%vegetal 27%waxy 18%

What does cis-4-Heptenal smell like?

Extremely powerful oily-fatty green aldehyde that turns creamy, milky and dairy-like on dilution, reading as warm butter or biscuit at trace. The standard route to lactonic and milky effects in gourmand accords; anything above a trace turns fishy and rancid.

fattygreenmilkyvegetalwaxy

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What else is cis-4-Heptenal called?

(Z)-4-Heptenal  ·  cis-4-Hepten-1-al  ·  (Z)-hept-4-enal  ·  cis-hept-4-enal  ·  (Z)-4-Hepten-1-al  ·  Matcha Aldehyde

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What can replace cis-4-Heptenal?

Computed, not collected from forums. A pair covers together what one cannot. The number is how much of this material's character a bottle carries, not a promise that it is the same thing.

  • Methional
    carries Fatty aldehydic, Vegetal green, Milky gourmand. Waxy aldehydic
    74%
  • Methional 67% + Methyl Palmitate 33%
    carries Fatty aldehydic, Vegetal green, Milky gourmand. Waxy aldehydic; Methional brings the Vegetal green side (67%); Methyl Palmitate brings the Waxy aldehydic side (33%)
    80%
  • Methional 57% + Aldehyde C-8 (Octanal) 43%
    carries Fatty aldehydic, Vegetal green, Milky gourmand. Waxy aldehydic; Methional brings the Vegetal green side (57%); Aldehyde C-8 (Octanal) brings the Fatty aldehydic side (43%)
    79%
  • Methional 59% + Tangelal 41%
    carries Fatty aldehydic, Vegetal green, Milky gourmand. Waxy aldehydic; Methional brings the Vegetal green side (59%); Tangelal brings the Fatty aldehydic side (41%)
    76%
  • Methional 69% + Isobutyraldehyde 31%
    carries Fatty aldehydic, Vegetal green, Milky gourmand. Waxy aldehydic; Methional brings the Vegetal green side (69%); Isobutyraldehyde brings the Fatty aldehydic side (31%)
    76%

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Which materials are closest to cis-4-Heptenal?

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How much does PerfuMate know about one material?

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cis-4-Heptenal

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
9
Hours on a blotter
estimated from family and band
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
6
Constituent breakdown
not on file

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Described in words
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Impact rating out of 10
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Classified into an olfactive family
2,172
Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
9,899 across 229 pairs
A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

Every regulatory join - IFRA, GHS, allergens - is by CAS number, and a material can supply one through its constituents as well as its own row, so of the 569 materials carrying no CAS number the 244 without a constituent table are the ones that return "nothing known" rather than "nothing applies". The blotter hours are sourced rather than measured by us, and the app labels every one of them an estimate. There is no physical chemistry on a row: no molecular weight, no vapour pressure, no boiling point. The longer answer, or the whole catalog counted.