A dry, warm sesquiterpene note with a woody-peppery character reminiscent of guaiac wood and patchouli facets. Slightly balsamic and smoky with a subtle rosy-spicy undertone that lends body to woody and oriental accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 610.
Guaiene is an almost colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, poorly soluble in diluted alcohol. Miscible with most perfume oils.
Pleasant sweet-woody, mild and almost balsamic odor with a discrete peppery undertone and good tenacity.
The use of Guaiene has been suggested since it offers a variation of the conventional Guaiacwood odor, which unfortunately too often is accompanied by a smoked ham-like odor. Guaiene is therefore more versatile than Guaiacwood as a fragrance material, and it may also be used as a modifier for Vetiver or Cedarwood products in woody or non-floral-aldehydic fragrance types, as well as in woody or Oriental ones. It blends well with Oakmoss products, Olibanum, Lavender, and Lavandin, Ambrematerials, etc.