Olfactionary4-Ethyloctanoic acid
At a glance
According to The Good Scents Company, this material has an odor type of fatty, with descriptor tags: goaty, lamb, mutton, fatty. (CAS 16493-80-4) It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.
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