Günther Ohloff (21 July 1924 in Tapiau near Königsberg – 9 November 2005 in Bernex near Geneva) was a prominent German fragrance chemist.
He received a PhD in 1951, based on his work on the condensation of terpenes with formaldehyde (Prins reaction) unter the direction of Heinrich Wienhaus.
[1] Ohloff began his career in 1951 with Schimmel & Co. [de] in Miltitz near Leipzig, at that time the most renowned flavor and fragrance company.
Ohloff's scientific work, which is documented in 228 publications and 111 patents,[2] centered around the structure elucidation and reactivity of terpenes, the industrial syntheses of odorants, and structure–odor correlations.
Die molekulare Welt der Düfte" was republished in English in 2011, completely revised and much extended by Wilhelm Pickenhagen and Philip Kraft, as "Scent and Chemistry – The Molecular World of Odors".