They are saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, and have from 6 to 30 carbon atoms and such as from 8 to 30 carbon atoms; non-limiting mentions can be made of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol and their mixture (cetylstearyl alcohol), octyldodecanol, 2-butyloctanol, 2-hexyldecanol, 2-undecylpentadecanol, oleic alcohol or linoleic alcohol.