A fatty, waxy aldehyde (C14) with a soft citrus-orris facet reminiscent of iris and clean laundry. Less sparkling than shorter-chain aldehydes like C10 or C12 — sits closer to skin with a creamy, slightly soapy character.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 989.
Colorless liquid.
Very faint, fruity-citrusy odor with an Ambre-incense note, somewhat dry and moderately tenacious.
The title aldehyde finds a little use in flavor compositions, mainly in Citrus (for the “peel”-effect), fruit complexes, and in imitation Honey.
This aldehyde finds some use in perfumery for its refreshing effect upon Citrus notes (“peel-effect”), and its pleasant refreshing lift to Olibanum.
Produced by catalytic oxidation of Myristic alcohol.