A powerful, diffusive hyacinth-like floral with a deep green, slightly earthy edge and a narcotic sweetness reminiscent of crushed leaves and damp soil. In dilution it opens up the wet, watery facet of hyacinth and lily-of-the-valley, with a persistent balsamic-floral drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 256.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Penetrating, rather harsh-floral, Hyacinth-type odor, not as sweet as that of Bromostyrol.
Has been used in perfume compositions, mainly in inexpensive Hyacinth types as a modifier for Bromostyrol.
Produced from Chlorine plus Cinnamic acid in non-ionic solvent followed by boiling with aqueous Sodium carbonate. Another process uses Cinnamic acid and steam distills it with Calcium hypochlorite solution.