A soft, fresh woody note with a slightly floral, lily-of-the-valley aspect and a mild peppery-green freshness. Rounded and diffusive rather than sharp, with a subtle waxy-balsamic undertone that lingers on the drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 459.
Colorless or white crystals, melting at 52° C.
Very faint, sweet-woody odor with an almost floral undertone.
Has been suggested for use in perfumery, but the pure material is not a common commercial article. Fractions from certain essential oils, rich in Elemol, are used as fixatives, blenders or modifiers in low cost soap perfumes, detergent fragrances and other household product fragrances.
Produced by isolation from Java-type Citronella oil, usually by boration of the high-boiling fractions. Also from high-boiling fractions of Elemi oil.