A fresh, sharp green-minty aromatic with a cool camphor-like edge. Similar in character to cyclocitral but shifted with a herbal, slightly resinous nuance and a crisp terpenic top. Adds lift and a natural, leafy freshness reminiscent of crushed foliage.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 316.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, and diffusive, foliage-green, dark-weedy and dry odor, sometimes described as flower-shop odor. The earthy and wet-green notes are quite natural in high dilution and resemble the odor of stems from plants and flowers fresh from the soil.
Finds use in perfume compositions where it blends excellently with Oakmoss products, with Ionones, Geranium and Galbanum.
Produced by a Diels-Alder type condensation of 2-Methyl-2,4-pentadiene and Crotonaldehyde.