Para-cresyl methyl ether has an intensely diffusive, narcotic floral odor with strong ylang-ylang and tuberose facets. Underneath the floral top there is a distinct phenolic, almost tar-like sweetness with hints of anise and clove. Powerful and radiant, it quickly saturates a blend if overdosed.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 300.
soluble in alcohol and oils.
Pungent, sharp-sweet odor when undiluted, Hyacinth-Wallflower-Ylang type odor when modestly diluted (concentrations below 5-6% in perfume composition), greener and more fruity when highly diluted, almost Marigold like.
In proper dilution (about 1:300,000) it has a pleasant, sweet, fruity-nutlike flavor.
Occasionally used in perfume compositions as a modifier in heavy floral bases, Cananga, Yiang-Ylang, etc.
Finds some use in flavor compositions, mainly in imitation Nut, Black Walnut, Walnut, Maple, Spice blends and certain Berry type flavors.
Produced from ortho-Cresol in weak aqueous alkali solution with Dimethylsulfate.