A cool, fresh minty-herbal aroma with a soft sweetness and a clean fruity nuance. Cleaner and less pungent than menthol itself — the acetate softens the icy bite into a rounded, almost gentle peppermint effect with a subtle green facet.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 786.
Colorless liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils. Slightly soluble in propylene glycol, poorly soluble in glycerin.
Mild and sweet, slightly fruity-herbaceous, minty odor. Quite refreshing and delicately floral.
Cool mouthfeel, sweet taste with only a trace of mintiness.
This ester finds some use in perfumery, partly as a component of various artificial essential oils, partly as a minor component of floral fragrances, mainly Rose, Muguet, etc. and Oriental or Citrus types. It performs well in soap, giving an interesting lift without the normally unwanted mintiness.
It finds more use in flavor compositions, in various fruit complexes, Mint and Spice combinations, artificial Peppermint and Spearmint, in Cherry (European type, or the American 'Bing' Cherry type), etc. Concentrations are usually 5 to 25 ppm in the finished product.
Produced by direct esterification of laevo-Menthol with acetic acid under azeotropic conditions.