Description and usage notes: Another of the standard perfumery solvents particularly useful for resins and resinoids. Non-flammable, non-sticky and mobile. The LogP value for this solvent is 1.27 - relatively low compared to a solvent like IPM - making it suitable for materials with a hydrophilic nature. Triethyl citrate is quite widely used by the major manufacturers as a diluent for appropriate, powerful materials. Arctander considered that it had other values as well however: “Very mild, but sweet and pleasant, winey - fruity, Plum-1ike odor ... The title ester was developed for purposes other than perfumery and flavor work, but it has become quite popular as a blender, solvent or diluent in perfumes and - particularly - in flavor compositions. The effect in a perfume composition is somewhat more than that of a diluent, since the ester, when blended with more volatile materials, does contribute a soft, mellow, warm-fruity undertone and often also a winey-sweet topnote to a fragrance.  It is particularly interesting in Rose bases”