Guaiacol/guaiacyl has a pronounced smoky, phenolic character reminiscent of creosote, burnt wood, and campfire embers. Underneath sits a warm balsamic-woody facet with a faintly medicinal, clove-like sweetness. Very penetrating even at trace levels.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 610.
Produced from Guaiacol in aqueous alkaline solution with Benzoyl chloride.