A soft, refined lavender-aromatic material with a fruity-herbal facet reminiscent of lavandin and clary sage, rounded by an ester-like creamy smoothness. Less camphoraceous and sharper than crude lavender oil, it lends a natural, elegant lift to fougère and aromatic accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 759.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very sweet, warm-herbaceous, tea-like and Clary-Sage-like odor of good tenacity. Slightly fruity, fruit-preserve-like undertones.
This ester has found some use in the reconstruction of Lavandin oil and a few other essential oils. It could be used in artificial Clary Sage, and if it were sufficiently inexpensive, it could be used as a modifier for Bergamot, Clary Sage and other herbaceous oils in new types of Men’s fragrances.
Produced by direct esterification or from d-alpha-Methylbutyrylchloride plus Lavandulol in Benzene with a Pyridine or Dimethylaniline type catalyst.