Characteristics:
Appearance: A fluid liquid
Color: Water white to pale yellow
Aroma: Sweet, floral, rosy, geranium like scent
Active constituents:
Mainly geraniol; also pinene, myrcene, 1, 8‐cineol, β‐terpinene,
β‐caryophyllene, farnesol, geranyl acetate, linalol, methyl
heptenone, citronellol, citral, dipentene and limonene.
Uses:
◊ Used in aromatherapy.
◊ Extensively used as a fragrance component in soaps,
cosmetics and perfumery works due to excellent tenacity.
◊ Widely used in flavoring tobacco.
◊ For the isolation of high grade geraniol.