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Hexanol

CAS 111-27-3  ·  Synthetic  ·  Top note  ·  Leafy green

Impact

5 of 10

Substantivity

under an hour on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Green 55%Aldehydic 27%Fruity 18%
leafy 36%fatty 27%grassy 18%apple 18%

What does Hexanol smell like?

Green, fatty and slightly fruity-winey, a blunter cousin of leaf alcohol. Used in small amounts to add naturalness to green and fruity topnotes.

greenfattyfruityleafy

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What else is Hexanol called?

Hexyl alcohol  ·  1-Hexanol  ·  Alcohol C6

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What can replace Hexanol?

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.

  • Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal)
    carries Fatty aldehydic, Grassy green, Apple fruity. Leafy green; louder, so use a little less; lasts about 8.3x longer on paper
    74%
  • Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal) 49% + Hexyl Caprylate 51%
    carries Leafy green, Fatty aldehydic, Apple fruity. Grassy green; Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal) brings the Grassy green side (49%); Hexyl Caprylate brings the Leafy green side (51%); lasts about 9.1x longer on paper
    82%
  • trans-2-Hexenol 35% + Isobutyraldehyde 30% + Hexyl Caprylate 35%
    carries Leafy green, Fatty aldehydic, Grassy green, Apple fruity. Trans-2-Hexenol brings the Leafy green side (35%); Isobutyraldehyde brings the Fatty aldehydic side (30%); Hexyl Caprylate brings the Leafy green side (35%); lasts about 9.7x longer on paper
    86%
  • cis-3-Hexenal 52% + Hexyl Caprylate 48%
    carries Leafy green, Fatty aldehydic, Grassy green, Apple fruity. Cis-3-Hexenal brings the Grassy green side (52%); Hexyl Caprylate brings the Leafy green side (48%); lasts about 9.8x longer on paper
    81%
  • trans-2-Hexenol 66% + Isobutyraldehyde 35%
    carries Leafy green, Fatty aldehydic, Grassy green, Apple fruity. Trans-2-Hexenol brings the Leafy green side (66%); Isobutyraldehyde brings the Fatty aldehydic side (34%); lasts about 9.3x longer on paper
    81%

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Which materials are closest to Hexanol?

Ranked by shared olfactive sub-categories, not alphabetically.

How much does PerfuMate know about one material?

Counted from the file the app ships, the moment this page was built.

Hexanol

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
4
Impact, out of 10
5
Hours on a blotter
under an hour
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
3
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
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Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
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A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

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