A fresh, green-floral aroma chemical with a hyacinth-like character and a rosy, slightly leafy undertone. The acetal form is milder and more diffusive than phenylethyl alcohol, adding lift and a natural dewy-petal quality to floral accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1095.
Colorless liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils, soluble in propylene glycol.
Warm, green-leafy, also rosy-balsamic and rich, tenacious odor.
Sweet-green taste in concentrations below 10 ppm.
It finds use in Gardenia, Hyacinth, Lilac, Rose, Oriental, Carnation, Muguet, etc. and often as part of a topnote complex with or without the Hexenyl esters.
The material is used in flavor compositions for fruity green effects in Blackcurrant, Cucumber, Apple, etc. except in the U.S.A. since it is not included in the American G.R.A.S. list.
Produced from Phenylethylalcohol and Acetylene.