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Beta-Caryophyllene

CAS
87-44-5
EC
Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

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Cost
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Compatibility tags
fixative
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
woody
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
woodyspicy

A dry, woody-spicy sesquiterpene with a distinctly peppery, clove-adjacent warmth. In isolation it reads clean and slightly balsamic with a faintly turpenic edge, lending backbone and a natural spicy lift to woody, herbal and pepper accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
5 / 10
Volatility
6 / 10
Reverse-composition

Contained in

Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.

chemicals · No. 584

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 245.

tenacity · highG.R.A.S.FEMA 2252
woodyspicydry
MW
BP
256°C
MP
Sp.Gr.
0.9
Refractive n
Rotation
Appearance

Colorless oily liquid.

Odor

Woody-spicy, dry and tenacious odor.

Flavor

Dry-woody, somewhat bitter taste.

Uses in perfumery

Occasionally used in perfume compositions, but the modern derivatives of Caryophyllene are more and more preferred.

Uses in flavor

Used in flavor compositions, mainly in spice blends and particularly for chewing gum, where concentrations may be as high as 200 ppm. It also acts as a fixative for the more volatile spice chemicals such as Cinnamic aldehyde, etc.

Production

Produced by isolation from Clove leaf oil, Clove stem oil or Cinnamon leaf oil.

Identity
Aliases · 4
beta-CaryophylleneAlpha-CaryophylleneCaryophylleneHumulene
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