A refined, sweet-spicy clove-carnation aroma, softer and more floral than eugenol itself. Rounded and warm with a mild balsamic-woody undertone, less medicinal and phenolic than isoeugenol, giving a creamy carnation nuance ideal for floral compositions.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 502.
White crystals
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with oils. Poorly soluble in propylene glycol.
Mild, sweet, balsamic-Carnation-like, warm and floral odor with a faintly spicy, Vanilla-like undertone.
Its taste in aqueous media is quite powerful. Vanilla-like with a warm-fruity note.
An excellent fixative for Oriental fragrance types, modifier/fixative in Carnation bases, background in Rose compositions.
This ether is used frequently in flavor compositions, particularly those which are intended for baked goods or other heat-processed foods. For imitation Vanilla, in various fruit blends as a fixative, and in spice blends, this material has great versatility and general acceptance as a flavor type.
Produced by Ethylation of iso-Eugenol, e.g. with Diethyl sulfate and the iso-Eugenol in weak aqueous alkaline solution. Or: by Isomerization of Ethyl eugenol, using Potassium hydroxide in alcoholic solution under heating.