A soft, rosy-floral aromachemical with a fresh green nuance and a subtle honeyed, slightly phenolic undertone reminiscent of phenylethyl alcohol but lighter and more diffusive. Airy and transparent rather than heavy, it lifts rose and honey accords with a natural, dewy feel.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 545.
Colorless liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and perfume oils. Poorly soluble in propylene glycol.
Very powerful, exotic-floral, pungent, sweet and warm odor of Hyacinth type with a Rose-like undertone.
This ether has found some use in heavy floral compositions, not only in the artificial Kewda oils but also in Hyacinth, Narcissus, Wistaria, etc. or in fancy Oriental bases.
1) from Benzyl magnesium chloride plus Bromodiethyl ether. 2) from Phenylacetaldehyde diethylacetal by reduction in presence of a Nickel catalyst at 180°C.