Sweet, warm anise character dominated by anethole — instantly recognizable as licorice candy with a slightly spicy, herbal-camphoraceous edge. Dries down to a soft, lingering sweet-spice warmth that reads more resinous than the sharp top.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 363.
Star Anise Oil is a pale yellowish or almost water-white liquid.
The odor is intensely sweet.
Star Anise Oil is used almost exclusively as a flavor material in candy, licorice, toothpaste flavors, carbonated drinks, alcoholic beverages, pharmaceutical preparations, etc.
Minor amounts are used in soap perfumes, but low-cost synthetic anethole has largely substituted for the unavailable star anise oil for such purposes.
Star Anise Oil is used almost exclusively as a flavor material in candy, licorice, toothpaste flavors, carbonated drinks, alcoholic beverages, pharmaceutical preparations, etc.
Star Anise Oil is steam distilled from the fresh or partly dried whole or comminuted fruits.
Restricted IFRA-standard materials typically present in this NCS at the listed concentrations.
| Constituent | CAS | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| Estragole | 140-67-0 | 3.3% |
| p-Methoxybenzaldehyde | 123-11-5 | 0.2% |