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
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Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.
| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| TIMUT PEPPER OIL | 12.82% | — |
| GINGER OIL (ROOT) | — | 5–10% |
| BLACK PEPPER | — | 1–5% |
| NUTMEG OIL, DISTILLED | — | 1–5% |
| CISTUS OIL (ROCK ROSE) | 0.5% | — |
| FIR BALSAM ABSOLUTE 50% TEC | — | — |
| ORANGE FLOWER OIL, BITTER (NEROLI AND NEROLI BIGARADE) | — | — |
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.