A softened, less pungent version of cuminyl alcohol — warm spicy-herbal character reminiscent of cumin and caraway seeds, but rounder and more alcoholic-woody. Retains a faintly sweaty, seed-like facet without the sharp aldehydic bite of cumin aldehyde.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 384.
Colorless or pale yellowish, oily liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Warm-herbaceous, slightly woody-oily, floral (petal-like) odor.
Woody-minty, slightly oily, but not very sweet taste. Very powerful.
Occasionally used in perfume compositions, mainly as a trace ingredient in artificial flower absolutes or essential oils. It imparts pleasant and natural Lily-like notes in conjunction with Hydroxycitronellal or Bucinal, lends green-floral notes to Muguet or Narcissus, and petal-like effect in Rose, etc.
Used in flavor compositions for imitation Citrus, Vanilla, Mint (mainly Spearmint) and in Fruit compositions.
1) by catalytic reduction of Dihydrocuminyl aldehyde. 2) by oxidation of beta-Phellandrene, followed by reaction of the Glycol with diluted sulfuric acid to yield Dihydrocuminyl alcohol and Tetrahydrocuminyl alcohol.