Why the score varies
This ingredient is made commercially by more than one route, and ISO 16128 scores the feedstock actually used. Without a supplier certificate of origin the value cannot be claimed.
| Route | Feedstock | NOI | Share | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural essential-oil isolate | Geraniol fractionated from citronella/palmarosa oil, esterified with fermentation-derived butyric acid | 1.00 | ~20% | |
| Pine-derived geraniol + petrochemical butyric acid | geraniol made from pine-turpentine myrcene, esterified with oxo-process butyric acid | 0.68 | large share | geranyl 153.25 Da natural of 224.34 Da |
| Petrochemical geraniol + petrochemical butyric acid | geraniol from isobutylene-based citral, esterified with oxo-process butyric acid | 0.00 | large share |
How we scored it
Where it comes from
Most geranyl butyrate is geraniol esterified with oxo-process butyric acid; the geraniol is made from pine-turpentine myrcene (natural origin) or from isobutylene-based citral (petrochemical). A minority uses essential-oil geraniol with fermentation butyric acid.
In plain English
A fruity, sweet-smelling fragrance ingredient. It joins geraniol, from flower oils or pine terpenes or petrochemicals, to butyric acid, from fermentation or petrochemicals, so its natural content depends on the supplier.
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Structure
[(2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dienyl] butanoate
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2Geranyl Butyrate. PubChem CID 5355856. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3GERANYL BUTYRATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4GERANYL BUTYRATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GERANYL%20BUTYRATE