Ledol is a sesquiterpene alcohol found in Labrador tea and some conifer oils. It smells camphoraceous and balsamic with a dry woody-herbal facet and a faint green terpenic edge. In isolation it feels cool, slightly medicinal, and resinous rather than sweet.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Colorless or white long needles or prismatic crystals.
Insoluble in water, approximately 10% soluble in alcohol, soluble in most oils.
Warm and mild, pleasant odor, balsamic-sweet, slightly woody and very tenacious.
This tertiary alcohol has been suggested for use in perfume compositions as a modifier for Patchouli-Cedarwood-Sandalwood notes in non-floral or Ambre-type fragrances. It blends well with Oakmoss, Ionones, Olibanum and Galbanum, the herbaceous oils and the woody oils, with many Carbinols, Salicylates, etc.
Produced by isolation from the higher boiling fractions of the essential oil of the Tundra Tea (Ledum palustre) a common and decorative plant in Greenland, Siberia and similar areas.