A soft, sweet balsamic material with a rosy-floral facet and a warm, slightly powdery character. Low volatility gives it a quiet, tenacious presence useful as a fixative in floral and oriental accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 284.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and perfume oils.
Very faint, sweet-floral and somewhat oily odor of great tenacity.
This ester is occasionally used and has been suggested as a blender for Hydroxycitronellal, Bucinal, Cyclamal, etc. in delicate floral fragrances. It will also act as a fixative, but its odor contribution is almost nil.
Produced by direct esterification of Citronellol with Cinnamic acid and a catalyst under azeotropic conditions, or from Cinnamyl chloride plus Citronellol and a catalyst.