A soft, dry woody-amber aroma chemical in the Iso E Super family, with a smooth cedar-like character and a diffuse velvety musk facet. Blurred and radiant rather than sharp, it fades slowly into a warm, slightly powdery skin-like backdrop.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Pale straw-colored or almost colorless, slightly viscous liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils, very poorly soluble in propylene glycol.
Sweet, somewhat woody, but overall floral-ambre-like odor with a peculiar 'fishy' undertone, resembling that of Allyl Ionone.
This aldehyde has been suggested for use in perfume compositions several decades ago, and it was developed in an attempt to find new and interesting Ionone derivatives.
Produced from Tetrahydro methylionone by condensation (Darzen’s type reaction) with Ethyl monochloroacetate, followed by saponification of the glycidic ester.