A soft violet-ionone character with a woody, slightly fruity facet reminiscent of orris and dried petals. Sits between a classic ionone and a light aldehydic floral, lending a rounded, powdery-woody feel.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 893.
Yellowish or straw-colored viscous oil.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Intensely sweet, jam-like fruity preserve-type odor with some resemblance to the odor of dried figs. Excellent tenacity with woody undertones.
Sweet-fruity, fig-like and mildly woody taste in concentrations below 10 ppm.
This peculiar material has found some use in perfumery for its great tenacity, sweetness and ability to blend fruity with woody notes.
Its peculiar similarity to fig-flavor could make it an interesting flavor item if the subject material could be approved as G.R.A.S. or generally approved by the authorities for food flavor use.
Produced from acetaldehyde and alpha-methyl ionol.