Geranyl Acetate

Geranyl acetate is the acetate ester next to geraniol. People search geranyl acetate and geranyl-acetate. The smell talk is rose-fruit or sweet geranium, a little less leafy than geraniol alone.

Fragrance formulas use it as a floral-fruity modifier. Plant lists that mention geraniol often mention this ester in the same chapter. That grouping is chemistry talk, not proof that every floral jar contains both.

Cannabis panels print geranyl acetate less often than geraniol. When both appear, read them as related rose-fruit names, not as two copies of one number. A candy or rose brand on a bag is still branding.

Compare with geraniol and linalool when the sheet leans floral. Do not flatten those three into one perfume word.

This page places the ester next to geraniol so the two spellings have a home.