A fresh, slightly fruity floral with the recognizable linalool signature softened by an ester-like sweetness. Opens bright and lightly green-citrusy with a lavender-muguet character, quickly settling into a mild, sweet floral facet.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 773.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Peculiar, sweet-herbaceous, somewhat caramellic odor with floral-herbaceous undertones and moderate tenacity.
This ester has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, but in view of the notorious instability of pyruvates in perfume compositions, their tendency to create acetic notes, one would hesitate to underwrite a recommendation for use of that ester.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of Linalool with Pyruvic acid.