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delta-Heptalactone

CAS 3301-90-4  ·  Synthetic  ·  Heart note  ·  Coconut lactonic

Impact

5 of 10

Substantivity

6.5 days on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Gourmand 55%Tropical 27%Green 18%
coconut 72%leafy 18%tonka 10%

What does delta-Heptalactone smell like?

Coconut lactone with an oily body and green, hay-like edges, drying to a creamy coumarinic tonka nuance. Completes the delta series next to gamma-heptalactone, which is sweeter and nuttier; use it where coconut should read fresh-husk rather than candied.

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What else is delta-Heptalactone called?

delta-Heptanolactone  ·  5-Heptanolide  ·  Heptalactone Delta  ·  6-Ethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one

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What can replace delta-Heptalactone?

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.

  • delta-Octalactone
    carries Coconut gourmand, Coconut tropical, Milky gourmand, Creamy tropical. Leafy green; Tonka gourmand; lasts about 2.5x shorter on paper
    68%
  • Coconut Pure Jungle Essence 69% + Liatrix absolute 32%
    carries Coconut gourmand, Coconut tropical, Milky gourmand, Creamy tropical. Leafy green; Tonka gourmand; Coconut Pure Jungle Essence brings the Coconut gourmand side (68%); Liatrix absolute brings the Tonka gourmand side (32%); a natural standing in for a molecule: it brings more than the note you are replacing
    72%
  • epsilon-Decalactone 49% + 6-Pentyl-alpha-pyrone 51%
    carries Coconut gourmand, Coconut tropical, Creamy tropical. Leafy green; Milky gourmand; Tonka gourmand; epsilon-Decalactone brings the Coconut gourmand side (49%); 6-Pentyl-alpha-pyrone brings the Coconut gourmand side (51%)
    72%
  • epsilon-Decalactone
    carries Coconut gourmand, Coconut tropical, Milky gourmand, Creamy tropical. Leafy green; Tonka gourmand
    67%
  • delta-Octalactone 63% + epsilon-Decalactone 37%
    carries Coconut gourmand, Coconut tropical, Milky gourmand, Creamy tropical. Leafy green; Tonka gourmand; delta-Octalactone brings the Coconut gourmand side (63%); epsilon-Decalactone brings the Coconut gourmand side (37%)
    71%

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delta-Heptalactone

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
5
Hours on a blotter
6.5 days
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
4
Constituent breakdown
not on file

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Carrying several families, in order
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Sub-category assignments
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A top / heart / base band
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Hours on a blotter
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CAS number
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Supplier synonyms
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Constituent breakdowns
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