Sharp, dry, tarry hydrocarbon smell instantly recognizable as classic mothballs. Has a phenolic, slightly sweet coal-tar facet with a cold, almost medicinal edge that lingers on paper.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Composition, IFRA restriction figures, allergen concentrations and where this material is bought are part of Perfume Foundry’s curated library and need an account. Create one or sign in.
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 993.
Colorless monoclinic crystals or white crystal scales or leaflets.
Almost insoluble in water, 6% soluble in alcohol, soluble in most oils and in hot alcohol.
Pungent, choking dry-tarry odor of moderate to poor tenacity.
Naphthalene is not used as such in perfume compositions, but it may occur as an impurity, or it may appear as a material of undesirable odor to be overcome by a masking composition.
Naphthalene is produced from coal tar. The Naphthalene-rich fractions are pressed and the material purified by sublimation. Certain coal tars contain as much as 10-12% Naphthalene.