A cool, fresh minty-herbal note with a soft fruity-green facet, less sharp and more rounded than menthol itself. Gives a clean, airy lift with a subtle sweetness and a lingering cooling sensation.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 788.
Colorless liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Herbaceous-refreshing and slightly minty odor with an earthy-green undertone.
Sweet-herbaceous and slightly minty taste with a floral undertone.
It could possibly find use as a minor component in certain variations of Rose, Lily, Muguet, Carnation, etc. where a fresh note in the floral topnote is often desirable.
The author is not aware of any significant use of Menthylformate in flavors.
Produced by direct formylation of Menthol.