Cyclohexyl methyl ketone has a sharp, camphoraceous-herbal odor with a cool, minty-green freshness. It reads as slightly medicinal and aromatic, with a clean ketonic lift reminiscent of eucalyptus or rosemary facets.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 27.
Colorless liquid
Soluble in alcohol, essential oils and perfume materials
Peculiar camphoraceous-sweet odor with a certain amount of floral tones.
Its sweetness is sometimes classified as “musky”.
Although this chemical would primarily lend itself to perfume compositions in the Pine, Wood, Herbaceous and other non-floral types, it has a similarity to the harsh-floral types such as Hyacinth, etc.
Produced synthetically from Cyclohexene via Acetyl cyclohexene, hydrogenated to Acetyl cyclohexane.