A dark phenolic-guaiacol character — smoky, medicinal, and slightly tarry with a warm woody-balsamic undertone. Reminiscent of creosote and smoked wood with a spicy edge, becoming softer and more resinous on dry-down.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.
| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Poivre Fort | — | 0.1–1% |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 387.
Almost colorless oily liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Warm-spicy, sweet and slightly floral-balsamic odor, reminiscent of Eugenol, but milder and sweeter than this.
Occasionally used in perfumery as a substitute for Eugenol when Eugenol seems to produce a problem with possible discoloration.
Produced by catalytic reduction of Eugenol with Palladium or Platinum black catalyst.
| Category | Kind | Max % | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1 | Max % | 0.13% | — | DOC |
| Category 2 | Max % | 0.039% | — | DOC |
| Category 3 | Max % | 0.78% | — | DOC |
| Category 4 | Max % | 0.73% | — | DOC |
| Category 5A | Max % | 0.19% | — | DOC |
| Category 5B | Max % | 0.19% | — | DOC |
| Category 5C | Max % | 0.19% | — | DOC |
| Category 5D | Max % | 0.062% | — | DOC |
| Category 6 | Max % | 0.43% | — | DOC |
| Category 7A | Max % | 1.5% | — | DOC |
| Category 7B | Max % | 1.5% | — | DOC |
| Category 8 | Max % | 0.062% | — | DOC |
| Category 9 | Max % | 1.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 10A | Max % | 1.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 10B | Max % | 5.1% | — | DOC |
| Category 11A | Max % | 0.062% | — | DOC |
| Category 11B | Max % | 0.062% | — | DOC |
| Category 12 | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
Compliance-support only. Values resolved from the current IFRA corpus; each row cites the document excerpt it came from. Not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor.
Natural complex substances (NCSs) in which this material typically occurs.
| NCS | Botanical | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| Birch wood pyrolysate | Betula spp. | 0.9% |
| Cade Oil | Juniperus oxycedrus L. | 0.5% |