Gamma Octalactone

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Fresh coconut pulp with a coumarin warmth

Scent Profile

Gamma-octalactone smells sweet and creamy, like fresh coconut pulp rather than dry, fatty coconut flakes. A warm, hay-like sweetness close to coumarin runs under the coconut. A faint herbaceous, almost caraway-like edge and a light fruity, waxy shade sit at the back.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeBase · ~20h lasting

Family Sweet & Gourmand, Fruity

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Perfumers can use this material directly to make Gamma Octalactone.

Gamma-octalactone coconut · tonka · coumarinic

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Origin

Gamma-octalactone is a lactone, CAS 104-50-7, also named 5-butyloxolan-2-one. It is made synthetically, and a natural isolate grade is also sold. It is a single material with a stated identity.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use it for creamy coconut effects in tropical, gourmand and solar accords. It also adds a soft lactonic sweetness near coumarin and tonka. Arctander says it works higher in a fragrance than coumarin.