Warm, spicy-aromatic odor reminiscent of calamus root with tarragon-like and phenolic facets. Sweet-woody undertones with a slightly medicinal, anise-adjacent character.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 118.
Colorless crystalline solid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Pure Asarone is reported to be virtually odorless and tasteless. However, available samples of the material have in experiments shown perceptible influence upon the odor of compositions containing lower boiling perfume materials.
The material has been suggested for use as a fixative-blender with Patchouli-like odor character.
1) by isolation from the essential oil of Acorus Calamus. 2) synthesized by reduction of Asaraldehyde.