A combination base of indole and phenylacetaldehyde, giving a heady white-floral character with strong hyacinth-green and honeyed-animalic facets. The phenylacetaldehyde brings a sharp, sweet green-hyacinth top while the indole adds a mothball-like, faecal-narcotic depth reminiscent of jasmine and orange blossom absolutes. Together they read as a naturalistic 'white flower' booster with a slightly dirty, honeyed undertone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 740.
Viscous, pale straw-colored or pale amber-colored liquid. Viscosity and color may increase to non-pourable and brown appearance with age or improper storage conditions.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, sweet-floral and very tenacious odor of Hyacinth-Honeysuckle character. The odor varies considerably according to the ratio of the two components used, and the method of production.
This product is used in perfume compositions where an effect of Phenylacetaldehyde along with that of Indole is desirable and high fixation wanted. The floral notes and the heavy, sweet-earthy notes of the two components are combined in a single body of unusual richness and with the effect subdued and prolonged. It is possible to use considerably higher percentages of this material than one could expect from stoichiometric calculations on the Indole content.
Produced from Indole and Phenylacetaldehyde, theoretically in the ratio of 2 Mol. Indole to 1 Mol. Phenylacetaldehyde. It is customary to include Diethylphthalate in the amount equivalent to 50° of the finished product.