A soft, powdery floral note reminiscent of heliotropin (piperonal) but rounder, sweeter, and more diffusive. Delivers a creamy almond-cherry facet with hints of vanilla and marzipan, evolving into a gentle balsamic-anisic drydown. Excellent for lending a plush, cosmetic powderiness to floral and gourmand accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 700.
Colorless oily liquid. Darkens and resinifies upon exposure to air and daylight.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and propylene glycol, miscible with oils.
Sweet and delicately floral-spicy odor, very reminiscent of Heliotrope, in some observers’ opinion more so than Heliotropine itself.
This Aldehyde has been suggested for use in floral perfume compositions as a modifier for Heliotropine, and in general as a floralizer and sweetener for delicate fragrance types.
Produced from Safrole in an inert solvent by oxidation with ozone, followed by reduction of the ozonoid with zinc in diluted acetic acid.