A soft, rosy-woody material with a delicate floral-tea nuance derived from guaiacwood alcohol acetylation. Smoother and less dry than guaiacwood oil itself, with a subtle sweetness and a creamy, slightly powdery drydown that blends easily into rose and violet accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.
| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Poivre Fort | — | 0.1–1% |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 611.
Pale yellowish or almost colorless viscous liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Delicately sweet-woody, soft and warm odor reminiscent of Patchouli and Tearose.
Guaiyl acetate is used in Tobacco and fruit flavors in minute traces, usually only 0.5 to 2 ppm in the finished product. It gives a useful and interesting background in Blackcurrant, Peach, Apricot, Strawberry and even Pineapple, etc.
This ester is used in perfume compositions of the more delicate types, such as Crepe de Chine or certain variations of Rose, but it finds application in many woody fragrances, Chypres and Men's fragrances, etc. It can, to a certain degree, substitute for Vetiveryl acetate in many types of modern fragrance, although in higher concentration it does show a significant lack of sweetness as compared to the Vetiver derivative. It is very interesting in Carnation bases, and it provides good fixation for powder perfumes.
Produced by acetylation of Guaiacwood or the isolated sesquiterpene fraction (Guaiol) of same.