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Category: Perfumey
Posted on: April 11, 2007 9:38 PM, by Molecule of the Day
Yesterday, I covered the intense odorant found in popcorn. Today's molecule is another intense odorant, cis-hexen-3-al.
This molecule has an odor threshold in the high ppt-low ppb neighborhood. It's responsible for the smell of cut grass. Take a look at the Molecule of the Month entry for more information on hexenal odorants.
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Comments
You shouldn't be smelling vodka with that. The last I looked, the federal definition of vodka was "100% grain neutral spirits diluted to proof with distilled water."
Posted by: chezjake | April 12, 2007 12:51 AM
I have a sample of cis-3-hexenol on my desk for about a year and a half now, and it still smells almost exactly the same. Freshly cut grass.
Posted by: Wavefunction | April 12, 2007 8:22 AM