A bright, terpenic top-note material with a peppery-citrus character reminiscent of black pepper and lemon peel. Shows a cool, slightly minty-eucalyptus facet with a dry green undertone, fading quickly like most monoterpenes.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.
| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Ginger Oil (Root) | — | 5–10% |
| BLACK PEPPER | — | 1–5% |
| Nutmeg Oil, Distilled | — | 1–5% |
| Fir Balsam Absolute 50% TEC | — | — |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1071.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Insoluble in water, poorly soluble in alcohol, miscible with oils.
Peppery-minty, refreshing and slightly citrusy odor of poor tenacity.
In concentrations below 20 ppm the material has a pleasant peppery-warm taste, but at higher concentrations it is accompanied by a slightly burning mouthfeel. The taste is more minty, less citrusy, also more peppery than that of the alpha-isomer.
beta-Phellandrene is used to some extent in perfume compositions; the pure grade is preferred for artificial essential oils, Angelica, Pepper, Geranium, etc. The alpha-isomer is generally preferred for Bergamot and Lemon oil imitations.
It is used in other countries for Pickle flavor compositions (Dill-effect), artificial Pepper oil, etc.
Produced by isolation from Waterfennel oil.