A sweet, mildly powdery anisic odor reminiscent of hawthorn and hay, with soft balsamic-floral facets. Less sharp than anisaldehyde, with a dry, slightly waxy character and good persistence on the blotter.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 110.
White crystals.
Soluble 0.04% in cold water, slightly soluble in hot water. Soluble in alcohol and oils.
Practically odorless when pure, this chemical may carry some odor from the starting material (Anethole, or other).
Anisic acid does influence the flavor of a composition in which it is incorporated, but it does not seem to contribute interesting notes or great power.
As such, the acid has very little importance to the perfume or flavor industry.
Produced by (many methods) e.g. by oxidation of Anethole.