A soft, waxy-balsamic ester with a mild cinnamic-floral character and a fatty, oily undertone from the pelargonic (nonanoic) acid side. Less spicy than cinnamyl acetate, gentler and more diffusive than cinnamic alcohol, drying down to a subdued sweet-balsamic warmth.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 269.
Colorless, viscous liquid.
Insoluble in water, poorly soluble in propylene glycol, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Faint, but sweet and fruity-oily odor of somewhat orrisy type and excellent tenacity.
Occasionally used in perfumery as a modifier or fixative for delicate florals, Lilac, Sweet Pea, Magnolia, etc., or as a new note in Oriental fragrance types.
Produced by direct esterification of Cinnamic alcohol with Nonoic acid under azeotropic conditions.