A soft, green-floral material with a slightly waxy, fatty undertone reminiscent of lily-of-the-valley and freshly cut stems. Diffusive but not sharp, lending a natural, dewy character to muguet and green accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1017.
Colorless, slightly oily liquid.
Slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, oily-herbaceous, warm odor of moderate tenacity. Considerable variations are observed when studying the various brands. Notes of floral-Jasmin character, mushroom-like Lavender character or almost caramellic sweetness may be present, predominant or absent in one or the other specialty.
Its effect in berry complexes or fruit blends is quite interesting. The concentration is usually very low, because it is a powerful flavor, perceptible well below 1 ppm. From 0.3 to 1.5 ppm is normal in finished products.
The title material is intended to be a Jasmin base material. It can introduce the oily-herbaceous undertones, characteristic of Jasmin absolute, but not available from one single chemical. It is used very widely for that purpose at concentrations from 1% up to 5% or in exceptional cases higher. It is very popular in soap perfumes where its stability and diffusive power increase the 'odor value' of the soap fragrance.
Most methods are based upon 1-Octene as a starting material, but there are countless variations in the processes. The most important point in the process is that of selecting the fractions from the vacuum distillation of the reaction mixture. Odors from harsh-metallic-terpeney through musty-fungoid to sweet oily and floral appear throughout the distillation, and the differences in appreciation on the part of the controlling perfumer determines the odor type of the final product.