Benzene has a sweet, aromatic solvent-like odor reminiscent of gasoline or rubber cement. It is sharp and volatile with a distinctly hydrocarbon character. Note: benzene is a known human carcinogen and is not used in perfumery.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 125.
Colorless mobile liquid.
0.2% soluble in water, miscible with absolute alcohol and oils.
Characteristic gassy hydrocarbon odor, choking, diffusive, warm.
This chemical is included only because it is used widely as a solvent in extracting aromatic substances from crude botanical materials for use in perfumes.
Produced from coal (gas).