A soft, fresh floral note reminiscent of lily-of-the-valley with a green, slightly aromatic character. Cleaner and lighter than dimethyl benzyl carbinol, with a delicate muguet-like transparency and a mild herbal facet.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 957.
Colorless, slightly viscous liquid, solidifying in the cold.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Semi-sweet, green and floral odor of moderate tenacity.
The title carbinol has found a little use in Lilac, Hyacinth, Rose and in woody-floral complexes. It also blends well with Lavender in Chypre type fragrances.
Produced from Methyl-iso-propyl ketone and Phenyl magnesium bromide in a Grignard type reaction.