What are the chemical properties of perfume?

Answer 1

perfume usually consists of ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol or pure alcohol <most common) and essential oils. There can be hundreds of ingredients in a single perfume.

Plants have long been used in perfumery as a source of essential oils and aroma compounds. These aromatics are usually secondary metabolites produced by plants as protection against herbivores, infections, as well as to attract pollinators. Plants are by far the largest source of fragrant compounds used in perfumery.

Animal products are often used such as Ambergris: lumps of oxidized fatty compounds, whose precursors were secreted and expelled by the Sperm Whale. Ambergris is commonly referred to as "amber" in perfumery and should not be confused with yellow amber, which is used in jewelry. Castoreum: Obtained from the odorous sacs of the North American beaver. Civet: Also called Civet Musk, this is obtained from the odorous sacs of the civets, animals in the family Viverridae, related to the Mongoose. The World Society for the Protection of Animals investigated African civets caught for this purpose. Honeycomb: From the honeycomb of the Honeybee. Both beeswax and honey can be solvent extracted to produce an absolute. Beeswax is extracted with ethanol and the ethanol evaporated to produce beeswax absolute.

Musk: Originally derived from the musk sacs from the Asian musk deer, it has now been replaced by the use of synthetic musks which usually are called "white musk".

There are also synthetic products used today to avoid high costs and animal cruelty as well as extinction.

Answer 2

Alcohol + organic acid --> ester + water

eg.

methonal + butanoic acid --> ,ethyl butanoate + water

Answer 3

water, aqua, perfume smell, fragrance, scientist

Answer 4

Formula: C2H5OH

Answer 5

It must be non toxic :)

Answer 6

Ester E.g A fruit ester