Sweet, honeyed floral character with a phenolic, slightly balsamic edge reminiscent of hyacinth and narcissus. In dilution it takes on a warm, almost narcotic floral tone with faint hay-like nuances.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1086.
Colorless liquid.
0.03% soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils.
Floral, but somewhat harsh odor of Lily-Jasmin type. Impure products may show phenolic notes, while a 'metallic' note seems to be normal in this material.
The title material has been suggested for use in fragrances, but the author is of the impression that this material has not been in common use in perfumery for many decades.
Produced by acetylation of Phenol with Acetyl-chloride and aqueous alkali in the cold.