A dense, honeyed floral aromachemical with a narcotic, hyacinth-like sweetness and a soft balsamic backdrop. Reminiscent of white flowers (narcissus, hyacinth, tuberose) with a slightly waxy, powdery facet that lingers as a sweet floral fixative.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 303.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Herbaceous-sweet, yet somewhat pungent and very tenacious, floral-green odor with resemblance to Narcissus and with pleasant, balsamic, Ambre-Labdanum-like undertones.
A very useful item in Narcissus bases, Lily, Gardenia and Tuberose. Blends excellently with refined Styrax products, Ambrain-products, etc.
Produced from Ethyl benzoyl acetate and para-Cresol by Trans-esterification in the presence of Phosphorous oxychloride. Other methods include the condensation of para-Cresylacetate with Ethylbenzoate with a Sodium type condensing agent, and the treatment of Benzoyl acetylchloride with Sodium-para-cresol.