Intensely sweet, honeyed and animalic with a distinct fecal-civet undertone at full strength. On dilution it opens into a rosy, waxy honey character reminiscent of beeswax and narcissus. Signature note in honey and animalic accords, but overpowering if overdosed.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1086.
White leafy crystals.
% soluble in cold water, better in hot water. Soluble in Propylene glycol, miscible with alcohol and oils.
Sweet, animal-honey-like odor of extraordinary tenacity. The sweet-honey-like character is predominant at very low concentration, while the animal-Civet-like notes appear at higher concentrations.
In aqueous dilution the taste is, like the odor, quite pleasant at extremely low concentrations, e. g. less than 1 ppm, while the more pronounced honey-like notes dominate the taste impression at higher levels.
This acid is one of the most important perfumery acids, and it is widely used, although only in minute proportions, in fragrances and flavors. With Indole it forms basis of many Civet compositions, and it finds use as part of the fixative base in many floral and Oriental fragrance types: Mimosa, Cassie, Lilac, Jasmine, Neroli, Rose, Carnation, Honeysuckle, Orchid, etc.
The acid is used in flavor compositions for its Honey-effect (high level) or as a sweetener (very low level), e. g. Butter, Chocolate, Honey, Peach, Rose, Strawberry, Vanilla, etc.
Produced from Benzyl chloride via Benzyl-cyanide and by acid hydrolysis to the title material. Other methods are known and used.