A powerful phenolic-floral material with a pronounced hyacinth-narcissus character. Green, slightly earthy and honey-like on top, opening into a heady, narcotic white-floral heart with a subtle animalic edge. Softer and less tarry than para-cresyl acetate but still assertive.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 297.
White crystals.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and perfume oils.
Heavy-floral, rather pungent, Jasmin-like odor.
Useful in low-cost Jasmin fragrances, where alkali-stability and power call for special ingredients.
Produced from Benzyl chloride + para-Cresol sodium in aqueous solution.