4-Methylnonanoic acid
At a glance
According to The Good Scents Company, this material has an odor type of meaty, with descriptor tags: meaty, pork, lamb, chicken. (CAS 45019-28-1) It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.
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