Dihydroxyacetone is essentially odorless in isolation, with at most a very faint sweet, slightly cooling note when smelled at close range. It is a self-tanning cosmetic active rather than a perfumery aroma chemical.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 399.
Crystalline white powder
Soluble in water, poorly soluble in perfume oils and terpenes
Not a perfume chemical, mentioned due to its influence on the odor of added fragrance in cosmetic preparations
Skin-tanning agent
1) from Glycerol by oxidizing action of bacteria under aerobic conditions. 2) by oxidation of Glycerol by Bromine and Sodium carbonate.