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Farnesene

CAS 502-61-4  ·  Synthetic  ·  Heart note  ·  Vegetal green

Impact

4 of 10

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Green 50%Woody 25%Herbal 17%Citrus 8%
vegetal 67%dry 25%zesty 8%

What does Farnesene smell like?

The sesquiterpene that turns up wherever a green thing is also faintly fruity: apple skin, ginger, basil, the pith of a grapefruit. On its own it is soft and diffuse, more texture than statement, greening a top without the sharpness a leaf alcohol brings and leaving a dry herbaceous trail behind it. It holds at percentage rather than trace, which few greens tolerate. It oxidises, so keep it cold.

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What else is Farnesene called?

alpha-Farnesene  ·  Farnesene alpha  ·  Sesquiterpene farnesene

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What can replace Farnesene?

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.

  • Black Tea Base
    carries Dry woody, Leafy green, Aromatic herbal. Vegetal green; Zesty citrus
    63%
  • Black Tea Base 64% + 3-Mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol 36%
    carries Vegetal green, Dry woody, Leafy green, Aromatic herbal. Zesty citrus; Black Tea Base brings the Leafy green side (64%); 3-Mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol brings the Vegetal green side (36%)
    79%
  • Black Tea Base 50% + 3-Mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol 35% + alpha-Phellandrene 15%
    carries Vegetal green, Leafy green, Aromatic herbal. Dry woody; Zesty citrus; Black Tea Base brings the Leafy green side (50%); 3-Mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol brings the Vegetal green side (35%); alpha-Phellandrene brings the Zesty citrus side (15%)
    80%
  • 3-Mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol 35% + White Tea 30% + alpha-Phellandrene 35%
    carries Vegetal green, Leafy green, Aromatic herbal, Zesty citrus. Dry woody; 3-Mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol brings the Vegetal green side (35%); White Tea brings the Leafy green side (30%); alpha-Phellandrene brings the Zesty citrus side (35%)
    79%
  • cis-3-Hexenyl tiglate 66% + 3-Mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol 34%
    carries Vegetal green, Leafy green, Aromatic herbal. Dry woody; Zesty citrus; cis-3-Hexenyl tiglate brings the Leafy green side (66%); 3-Mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol brings the Vegetal green side (34%); louder, so use a little less
    74%

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Which materials are closest to Farnesene?

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Farnesene

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

All 2,211 materials

Described in words
every one
Impact rating out of 10
2125
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.