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Hexyl Formate

CAS 629-33-4  ·  Synthetic  ·  Top note  ·  Orchard fruit

Impact

5 of 10

Substantivity

4.0 hours on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Fruity 55%Green 27%Sweet 18%
apple 30%leafy 27%sugary 18%plum 15%banana 10%

What does Hexyl Formate smell like?

Diffusive ethereal-fruity ester of unripe plum and apple with a light banana sweetness and a green edge. The sharpest and most fleeting of the hexyl esters, for a fast fruity lift on top of pome and plum accords.

fruityappleplumbananasweetgreendiffusive

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What else is Hexyl Formate called?

n-Hexyl formate  ·  Hexyl methanoate  ·  Formic acid hexyl ester

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What can replace Hexyl Formate?

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.

  • Alcohol C-7 (Heptanol)
    carries Apple fruity, Leafy green, Banana fruity. Sugary sweet; Plum fruity; lasts about 2.5x longer on paper
    65%
  • Alcohol C-7 (Heptanol) 61% + Amyl Valerate 39%
    carries Apple fruity, Leafy green, Sugary sweet, Banana fruity. Plum fruity; Alcohol C-7 (Heptanol) brings the Leafy green side (61%); Amyl Valerate brings the Apple fruity side (39%)
    78%
  • Amyl Valerate 41% + trans-2-Hexenyl acetate 60%
    carries Apple fruity, Leafy green, Sugary sweet. Plum fruity; Banana fruity; Amyl Valerate brings the Apple fruity side (41%); trans-2-Hexenyl acetate brings the Leafy green side (59%)
    76%
  • Alcohol C-7 (Heptanol) 61% + Fraistone 40%
    carries Apple fruity, Leafy green, Banana fruity. Sugary sweet; Plum fruity; Alcohol C-7 (Heptanol) brings the Leafy green side (60%); Fraistone brings the Berry fruity side (40%)
    75%
  • Alcohol C-7 (Heptanol) 56% + Cyclohexyl Acetate 44%
    carries Apple fruity, Leafy green, Sugary sweet, Banana fruity. Plum fruity; Alcohol C-7 (Heptanol) brings the Leafy green side (56%); Cyclohexyl Acetate brings the Apple fruity side (44%)
    74%

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Which materials are closest to Hexyl Formate?

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Hexyl Formate

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
5
Impact, out of 10
5
Hours on a blotter
4.0 hours
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
3
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
2,157
Hours on a blotter
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CAS number
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Supplier synonyms
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Constituent breakdowns
739

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