A soft, green-floral aroma reminiscent of hyacinth and fresh rose petals, with a mild spicy-aromatic nuance underneath. Cleaner and greener than phenylethyl alcohol itself, with a slightly earthy, leafy facet that emerges over time.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 940.
Colorless oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Sweet and mild, floral odor of Lilac-Rose type.
The subject alcohol finds some use in perfume compositions as a base for inexpensive Lilac, Rose, Honeysuckle and other floral fragrance types, and in Fougéres, Chypres, etc. It gives modifying notes to a Hyacinth and blends very well with all the Cinnamic derivatives.
Produced from ortho-Tolyl magnesium bromide plus Ethylene chlorhydrin.