MOLECULE
Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Rose.
Major component · the claim says “the most abundant”
Headspace analysis of fresh white oil-bearing rose (Rosa alba) flowers found an aroma-bearing volatile fraction made up mainly of monoterpene alcohols, with 2-phenylethanol, geraniol, and citronellol with nerol the most abundant.
Scope: Fresh Rosa alba flowers from Bulgarian clones; relative amounts differed between clones and between petals and whole blossoms, and other rose species and rose oil differ. CLM-ROSE-001 ↗
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Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:citronellol · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). citronellol (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:citronellol. https://smellbook.com/molecules/citronellol
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.