A phenolic, medicinal aromachemical with a dry, tar-like character reminiscent of creosote and old leather. Somewhat smoky and austere, with a faint sweet-woody undertone; less harsh than free cresol but still recognisably coal-tar in feel.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 298.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and perfume oils.
Pungent-floral, sweet and heavy odor of leathery Cananga type.
Very rarely used in perfumery, and not a common commercial item.
Produced from meta-Cresol in weak alkaline solution (aqueous) with Diethyl sulfate.