A sweet, almond-cherry aroma reminiscent of benzaldehyde but softer, rounder, and less sharp. Has a slightly fruity, marzipan-like character with a clean aromatic facet, and is more stable in alkaline media than benzaldehyde itself.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 122.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils. Poorly soluble in propylene glycol.
Sweet-green and warm odor, remotely reminiscent of nuts and bitter almonds.
Used in flavor compositions for imitation cherry, fruit, nut, almond, etc.
Occasionally used in perfumes for special effects such as green-floral topnotes in lily or narcisse bases.
Produced from benzaldehyde and methyl alcohol.