A woody-earthy aroma chemical (Coranol / Orivone-adjacent family) with a cool, slightly camphoraceous freshness reminiscent of borneol layered over a soft, damp cedarwood base. Opens with a green-minty coolness and dries down to a clean, transparent woody-earthy character with a faint patchouli-like undertone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 157.
Very viscous or syrupy colorless material, non-pourable at room temperature, consistency similar to that of honey.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
The commercial product has an extremely tenacious sweet-woody and slightly musky odor with considerable resemblance to Sandalwood.
The title chemical is the most successful Sandalwood type perfume chemical so far marketed. Its relatively low cost allows for extensive use in soap perfumes.
Produced from (various methods) mostly starting from Guaiacol.