Dihydroisophorone (3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexan-1-one) has a cool, camphor-like ketonic odor with minty and slightly woody facets. It reads as fresh and mildly solventy, similar to isophorone but softer and less pungent, with a dry herbal-woody drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 397.
Colorless oily liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Sweet, honey-tobacco-like odor with warm herbaceous undertones. Overall milder, sweeter and less harsh than iso-Phorone.
This ketone, rarely offered commercially, is occasionally used in perfume compositions for its Honey-Labdanum effect. It blends excellently with the Phenylacetates, Ionones, Anisylesters, etc.
Produced by catalytic hydrogenation of iso-Phorone.