Decahydro-beta-naphthyl formate (Jasmacyclat / Pomarose-adjacent family) is a woody-amber material with a dry, slightly earthy character and a soft musky-balsamic undertone. In dilution it reads as smooth, warm and diffusive, adding volume and a natural woody roundness reminiscent of vetiver-cedar facets without harshness.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 341.
Colorless oily liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Sweet-woody, musty and slightly green odor of moderate tenacity.
The ester is still used in perfume compositions as a component of Sandalwood bases, in woody and Ambre-like fragrances, and very often in combination with the Tonones or Methylionones.
Produced by formylation of beta-Decalinol.