Sharp, camphoraceous herbal note reminiscent of sage, wormwood and tansy — cool and slightly minty with a bitter, medicinal green edge. Has a penetrating, almost eucalyptus-like freshness that turns dry and terpenic on the drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1307.
Almost colorless mobile liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful and penetrating, warm-herbaceous, minty-camphoraceous odor of moderate to poor tenacity.
Warm-herbaceous, bitter taste in concentrations lower than 10 ppm. Higher concentrations produce pungent-bitter, herbaceous taste.
The title monoterpenoid ketone is used sparingly in certain perfume formulations, often as a trace component of topnote compositions, and it blends very well with Oakmoss, Rosemary, Geranium, Galbanum and various green-herbaceous notes, and with certain Ambre-type fragrances.
Produced by isolation from various essential oils: Cedarleaf oil (Thuja oil), Tansy oil, Dalmatian Sage oil, etc.
Natural complex substances (NCSs) in which this material typically occurs.
| NCS | Botanical | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| CEDAR LEAF OIL | Thuja occidentalis L. | 55% |
| ARMOISE VULGARIS OIL | Artemisia vulgaris L. | 50% |
| ARTEMESIA AFRA OIL | Artemesia afra L. Jacq. Ex Willd. | 50% |
| ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA OIL | Artemesia herba alba Asso | 39% |
| SAGE | Salvia officinalis L. | 25% |
| SAGE DALMATIAN OLEORESIN | Salvia officinalis L. | 7.3% |
| MENTHA LONGIFOLIA OIL | Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. | 7.1% |
| WORMWOOD OIL | Artemisia absinthium L. | 3% |
| CEDAR LEAF OIL, CHINA | Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco | 2.3% |
| YARROW OIL | Achillea millefolium L. | 2% |
| SAVORY SUMMER OIL | Satureja hortensis L. | 1.5% |
| TANSY OIL | Tanacetum vulgare L. | 0.5% |
| HYSSOP OIL | Hyssopus officinalis L. | 0.2% |
| SPRUCE OIL, BLACK | Picea mariana (Mill.) Britton | 0.17% |
| ARTEMISIA ARBORESCENS EXTRACT | Artemisia arborescens L. | 0.1% |
| OLIBANUM OIL | Boswellia spp. | 0.1% |
| OLIBANUM SACRA OIL | Boswellia sacra | 0.1% |