A mild, waxy-floral ester with a soft rosy-honeyed character reminiscent of phenylethyl alcohol but heavier and creamier. The caprylate chain adds a fatty, slightly oily nuance that lingers as a smooth, powdery-floral backdrop.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1100.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Mild, fruity-winey odor with a peculiar herbaceous-earthy, almost fungoid character, not uncommon in C-8 derivatives.
Mild, fruity-winey taste in concentrations below 10 ppm, but rather perfumey-bitter at higher levels.
This ester is rarely offered commercially. It is occasionally used as a modifier in Oriental-Rose type fragrances, where it performs very well with Patchouli and Opopanax. It is also interesting in Lavender and Clary Sage, as its tenacity is quite good.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of Phenylethyl alcohol with n-Octanoic acid.