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Cis-3-Hexenyl Formate is an ingredient used in small quantities in perfumery to lend a juicy character to apple and pear notes. It has an airy scent that sets it apart from cis-3-Hexenyl acetate, being less intense and heavy. This ingredient helps add fullness to fruity notes and can be combined with other cis-3-Hexenol derivatives to create various scent effects.
Cis-3-Hexenyl Formate can be extracted from corn mint essential oil and occurs in trace amounts in blackberry and mango. In fragrance compositions, it works exceptionally well combined with galbanum essential oil and violet leaf absolute, creating complex and interesting scent blends.
The prefix "cis" in the name Cis-3-Hexenyl Formate refers to the molecular structure of the ingredient, where specific atoms lie on the same side of a double bond, crucially shaping its aromatic properties.
Although Cis-3-Hexenyl Formate occurs in nature in only tiny amounts, its impact on fragrance compositions can be striking, proving that in perfumery quantity does not always determine an ingredient's significance.
This ingredient belongs to the "green notes" family in perfumery, which recreate the scent of freshly cut grass and leaves, bringing freshness and vibrancy to fragrance compositions.
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