Likely a truncation of cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate (or similar cis-configured benzoate ester): a soft green-floral material with a mild fruity-balsamic facet, reminiscent of crushed leaves layered over a delicate ylang/tuberose-like sweetness. Rounded and diffusive rather than sharp.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 139.
White or off-white crystalline powder.
Soluble in alcohol and oils, insoluble in water.
Faintly rosy-balsamic-Carnation type odor of exceptional tenacity. It is overall sweet.
Mainly used as a fixative in heavy floral fragrance types, in Carnation and many types of spicy fragrances, and as a sweetener along with Rose fragrances, etc.
Produced from Benzyl chloride and Eugenol in alcoholic Potassium hydroxide (e.g. first step in making the isomer).