AtlasFloral
Phytol
A diterpene alcohol from chlorophyll, nearly odourless but softly floral.
- Place in the wear
- Base
- What remains. Woods, resins, roots, musks.
- Office
- Fixative
- Holds the span so the opening does not leave alone.
- Family
- Floral
- Type
- Synthetic
- CAS
- 150-86-7
- Origin
- Synthetic
- Span
- Stays in the drydown. A measured span on blotter and skin is not yet recorded.
- Odor
- Faint, floral and balsamic, with a hay note
- Also called
- trans-Phytol, PHYTOL, (E)-, (E)-Phytol, Fytol, Phytol, E-
- IUPAC
- (E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadec-2-en-1-ol
- Formula
- C20H40O
- FEMA
- 4196
It carries a faint jasmine-hay tone and works more as a fixative and blender in floral bases. It is a constituent of many concretes and absolutes.
Phytol is a synthetic material; PubChem gives its IUPAC name as (E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadec-2-en-1-ol. Formula C20H40O, molecular weight 296.5. The atlas files it under Floral; its office is fixative and its place is the drydown.
Sources
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- PubChem CID 5280435 synonyms
- FEMA 4196 (PubChem synonym)
- PubChem CID 5280435
- PubChem CID 5280435
- PubChem CID 5280435: Physical Description