5-Methyl-3-heptanone
At a glance
According to The Good Scents Company, this material has an odor type of herbal, with descriptor tags: herbal, sweet, oily. (CAS 541-85-5) It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.
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