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                      (3R)-(+)-citronellol
                     - citronella oil-like 
                     
                     Described by
                     Yamamoto et.al., as slightly oily light
                     rosy-leafy, petal like odor with irritating
                     topnote 
                     
                     Also
                     described as Difusive rosy odor close to
                     laevocitronellol with the odor aspects of
                     Bulgarian rose and lily of the valley by Asao et
                     al. 
                     
                     Ref: R.
                     Rienaecker and G. Ohloff, Angew. Chem. 73, 240
                     (1961); Mans H. Boelens, Harrie Boelens &
                     Leo J. van Gemert, Perfumer & Flavorist,
                     Vol. 18, No. 6, 1-15, 1993; Takeshi
                     Yamamoto,
                     Akemi Shimada, Tatsuya Ohmoto, Hiroyuki Matsuda,
                     Miharu Ogura and Tsuneyoshi
                     Kanisawa,
                     Flavour and Fragrance Journal, Volume 19, Issue
                     2, Date: March/April 2004, Pages: 121-133; T.
                     Yamamoto, H. Matsuda, T. Ohmoto, A. Shimada
                     & T. Sato, Proc. 12th Int. Congress of
                     Flavours, Fragrances & Essential oils,
                     Vienna, Austria, Oct. 4-8, 1992, pp.442-455;
                     Hiroki Asao, Hiroyuki Sakauchi, Shigefumi
                     Kuwahara and Hiromasa Kiyota, Synthesis and odor
                     description of optically active cyclopropanated
                     analogues of geraniol, nerol, nor-leaf alcohol,
                     and matsutake alcohol, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry,
                     18 (2007) 537541 
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                      (3S)-(-)-citronellol
                     - floral, rose-like odor, reminiscent of
                     geranium oil 
                     
                     Described by
                     Yamamoto et.al. as very fresh light and clean
                     rosy-leafy, petal-like 
                     
                     Also
                     described as Somewhat citronellal-like odor with
                     woody aspect, less intensive than the racemate
                     and the (R)-enantiomer by Asao et al. 
                     
                     Ref: R.
                     Rienaecker and G. Ohloff, Angew. Chem. 73, 240
                     (1961); Mans H. Boelens, Harrie Boelens &
                     Leo J. van Gemert, Perfumer & Flavorist,
                     Vol. 18, No. 6, 1-15, 1993; Takeshi
                     Yamamoto,
                     Akemi Shimada, Tatsuya Ohmoto, Hiroyuki Matsuda,
                     Miharu Ogura and Tsuneyoshi
                     Kanisawa,
                     Flavour and Fragrance Journal, Volume 19, Issue
                     2, Date: March/April 2004, Pages: 121-133; T.
                     Yamamoto, H. Matsuda, T. Ohmoto, A. Shimada
                     & T. Sato, Proc. 12th Int. Congress of
                     Flavours, Fragrances & Essential oils,
                     Vienna, Austria, Oct. 4-8, 1992,
                     pp.442-455 
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