A warm, dry, spicy aroma reminiscent of nutmeg and mace with subtle woody-balsamic and slightly earthy facets. Softer and less pungent than eugenol, with a rounded aromatic character that carries a faintly medicinal edge.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 990.
Pale yellowish or almost colorless oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils, poorly soluble in propylene glycol.
Pleasant and warm-balsamic, slightly woody odor of good tenacity. The undiluted material shows some 'pepperiness'.
This material, although commonly found in natural oils, has found only limited use in perfumery. As a component of artificial essential oils, and as a modifier in modern spice blends, etc.
1) by isolation from various essential oils, including certain varieties of Ocimum species, or from Peruvian Clavel Moena oil. 2) from Catechol monomethylether via the Methylallyl ether. 3) from Eugenol via 5-Hydroxyeugenol.