A soft, dry woody-amber material with a subtle musky-earthy undertone. Reminiscent of a mild, powdery cedar-amber facet — quieter and rounder than typical amber woods, with good fixative behaviour and a clean, slightly balsamic drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 341.
Colorless liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Sweet-fruity, slightly oily and floral odor of Jasmin type. The odor has been compared to that of Benzylacetate with a hydrocarbon note, but the author finds that a good grade of the subject ester does not display hydrocarbon-like notes.
The material has found its way into perfume compositions where it enjoys a modest popularity as a variant among the fruity Jasmin base materials, a modifier of the Benzyl family, and a smaller ingredient in Gardenia and other floral fragrances.
Produced by acetylation of trans-Decahydro-beta-naphthol.