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Farnesyl Acetate

CAS 29548-30-9  ·  Synthetic  ·  Base note  ·  Green floral

Impact

3 of 10

Substantivity

20 days on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Floral 55%Green 27%Aldehydic 18%
muguet 36%leafy 27%green 15%metallic 12%rose 10%

What does Farnesyl Acetate smell like?

Green floral sesquiterpene ester with muguet, orchid and soft rose facets over a waxy, faintly metallic body; quieter and less balsamic than farnesol itself. A discreet fixative that stretches muguet and green floral hearts without adding character of its own.

greenfloralmuguetmetallicwaxyrosy

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What else is Farnesyl Acetate called?

Farnesol acetate  ·  Farnesyl ethanoate  ·  3,7,11-Trimethyl-2,6,10-dodecatrien-1-yl acetate  ·  Acetic acid farnesyl ester

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What can replace Farnesyl Acetate?

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.

  • Farnesol
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral, Waxy aldehydic. Metallic aldehydic; Rose floral
    78%
  • Farnesol 75% + Magnolan 15% + Benzophenone 10%
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral, Rose floral. Metallic aldehydic; Farnesol brings the Muguet floral side (75%); Magnolan brings the Muguet floral side (15%); Benzophenone brings the Rose floral side (10%)
    86%
  • Farnesol 84% + Turkish Rose Blossoms 16%
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral, Waxy aldehydic. Metallic aldehydic; Rose floral; Farnesol brings the Muguet floral side (84%); Turkish Rose Blossoms brings the Rose floral side (16%)
    81%
  • Farnesol 72% + Magnolan 28%
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral, Waxy aldehydic. Metallic aldehydic; Rose floral; Farnesol brings the Muguet floral side (72%); Magnolan brings the Muguet floral side (28%)
    80%
  • Farnesol 78% + cis-3-Hexenyl phenylacetate 22%
    carries Muguet floral, Leafy green, Green floral, Waxy aldehydic. Metallic aldehydic; Rose floral; Farnesol brings the Muguet floral side (78%); cis-3-Hexenyl phenylacetate brings the Leafy green side (22%)
    80%

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Which materials are closest to Farnesyl Acetate?

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Farnesyl Acetate

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

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Described in words
every one
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.