A warm, sweet-spicy aromatic with a strong anisic-balsamic character reminiscent of anise, cinnamon, and hawthorn. Develops a soft powdery, almost floral facet with hints of vanilla and coumarin over time. Signature is its rich, honeyed spice quality that bridges spicy and floral accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 796.
Yellowish crystals.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Warm and spicy-herbaceous odor. Less fruity and less floral than the odor of the ortho-isomer.
This aldehyde gives interesting effects in herbaceous fragrances, particularly those based upon Lavender and Clary Sage. It supports the fixation of the fragrance, and builds a very natural sweetness with traces of spicy-herbaceous notes, often introduced by the aid of much more expensive oils, such as Estragon and Cinnamon bark oils.
Produced by condensation of para-Anisaldehyde and Acetaldehyde in alkaline solution.