Intense, sweet almond-marzipan aroma with a distinct cherry-pit and stone-fruit facet, driven by its high benzaldehyde content. Sharp and slightly bitter at first sniff, softening into a warm, nutty sweetness. Very recognizable — reads instantly as amaretto or almond extract.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 52.
Bitter Almond Oil is a colorless liquid of strong, but sweet and clean odor, reminiscent of crushed, wet bitter almonds or of a very high grade of benzaldehyde.
The odor is also familiar to those who prepare or enjoy the European candy known as 'Marcipan' or 'Almond Paste'.
The flavor is sweet, not bitter.
Bitter Almond Oil finds very little use in perfumery where it is replaced by a high grade of benzaldehyde.
Bitter almond oil is a sweetener in apple, apricot, cherry, peach, pistachio, plum, raspberry, almond and countless other flavors.
Distillation of essential oil from one or more of the above raw materials is carried out in the U.S.A., France, Israel, England, Holland, etc.
Restricted IFRA-standard materials typically present in this NCS at the listed concentrations.
| Constituent | CAS | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| Benzaldehyde | 100-52-7 | 99% |