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CINNAMYL SALICYLATE

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

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Compatibility tags
amberorientalfloralchyprefougere
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
floralbalsamicsweet

A soft, sweet balsamic material with a warm cinnamon-tinged floral character and a powdery, slightly resinous drydown. Quiet but persistent, it acts as a fixative that rounds and warms floral and oriental accords without projecting sharply.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
3 / 10
Tenacity
9 / 10
Volatility
2 / 10
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chemicals · No. 645

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 270.

tenacity · high
sweetbalsamicfloral
Appearance

White crystals.

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with most perfume oils.

Odor

Very faint, sweet and pleasant balsamic odor. A trace of a rosy or nondescript-floral undertone.

Production

Produced by azeotropic esterification of cinnamic alcohol and salicylic acid. Also from cinnamyl chloride and sodium salicylate.

Identity
Aliases · 1
Cinnamyl-ortho-hydroxybenzoate
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