Farnesal is a soft, green-aldehydic sesquiterpene aldehyde with a fresh floral character reminiscent of muguet and linden blossom. It has a waxy, slightly oily green facet with a subtle citrus-peel lift, drying down to a mild, clean floral tone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.
| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| GINGER OIL (ROOT) | — | 0.1–1% |
| AMBRETTE SEED OIL | — | — |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 565.
Colorless or very pale straw-colored liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, oils and propylene glycol.
Very mild, sweet, oily, slightly woody, tenacious odor.
The aldehyde itself has very little to offer to the creative perfumer, but it opens the door for the perfume chemist to make Tetrahydrofarnesal or Nor-hexahydrofarnesal, two very interesting floral perfume materials.
1) Farnesal is produced from Cabreuva oil, from which Nerolidol is isolated by distillation. Oxidation with CrO yields Farnesal. 2) From synthetic Nerolidol (Roche process).
Natural complex substances (NCSs) in which this material typically occurs.
| NCS | Botanical | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| AMBRETTE SEED ABSOLUTE | Hibiscus abelmoschus L. | 0.5% |
| GINGER OIL (ROOT) | Zingiber officinale Rosc. | 0.2% |
| ORANGE FLOWER OIL, BITTER (NEROLI AND NEROLI BIGARADE) | Citrus aurantium L. ssp. Amara Link | 0.07% |
| ROSE OIL | Rosa x damascena Mill. | 0.07% |
| CANANGA OIL | Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. &Thomson oil (forma genuine Steenis) | 0.02% |
| CITRONELLA OIL, CEYLON TYPE | Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle | 0.01% |
| ROSE ABSOLUTE | Rosa x damascena Mill. | 0.01% |