meta-Cresol methyl ether (3-methylanisole) has a warm, phenolic-aromatic odor with medicinal and slightly spicy nuances reminiscent of anisole crossed with a soft cresylic facet. It reads as dry, faintly clove-tinged and tarry, without the sweetness of para-cresyl methyl ether — more sober and pharmaceutical in character.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 300.
Colorless liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and perfume oils.
Although this ether has an overall floral fragrance, it is more earthy, and much less sweet than the para-ether. Pungent, semi-dry, nut-like, almost mossy odor.
Occasionally used in flavor compositions for its Hazelnut-like character, prominent in its taste in aqueous or oily media.
This ether blends excellently with Oakmoss products in which it will emphasize the earthy-nut-like notes, but it can also support the floral notes in Cananga and Ylang-Ylang bases. Interesting in leather-like fragrance types.
Produced from meta-Cresol and Sodium hydroxide in weak aqueous solution with Dimethyl sulfate.