A classic fatty aldehyde with a bright, waxy-citrus character reminiscent of orange peel and clean laundry. Opens sharp and soapy with a slight metallic sparkle, drying down to a softer, floral-waxy skin note.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.
| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Gardenia | — | 0.1–1% |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 450.
Colorless oily liquid, solidifying in the cold, melting again at 44°C (or at 11°C).
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, oils, propylene glycol, mineral oil, but not in glycerin.
Sweet, waxy-herbaceous, very fresh and clean-floral odor (Lily-Violet-like in dilution) with a faint, balsamic undertone. The odor is often referred to as 'fresh-laundry-odor', but it is only pleasant in extreme dilutions. The concentrated material has a rather fatty-waxy odor.
The aldehyde finds also use in flavor compositions for imitation Butter, Banana, Caramel, Honey, Lemon, Lime, Orange, Tangerine, as well as in Neroli florals and various fruit complexes.
It is one of the most extensively used aliphatic aldehydes in perfumery. Its versatility is probably its greatest asset: from Pine to Violet, from detergent perfumes to luxury lotion fragrances it finds its way into a multitude of fragrance types: Pine, Pine needle, floral, 'modern', Citrus complexes, Chypres, etc.
Produced by catalytic dehydrogenation of dodecanol (lauryl alcohol).