A soft, mild rosy-floral alcohol with a green, slightly hyacinth character. Delicate and diffusive, reminiscent of phenylethyl alcohol but lighter and greener, with a subtle sweet-floral undertone. Useful as a discreet floral modifier rather than a bold statement note.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.
Pleasant floral-balsamic odor, somewhat more powerful than Phenylpropyl alcohol, and not as delicate.
Sweet balsamic-honey-like taste in concentrations below 5 ppm, but higher concentrations appear perfumey.
The title alcohol is very rarely used in perfumes, but could find some application as a modifier for Phenylpropyl alcohol in Hyacinth, Rose, Lilac, Magnolia, etc.
The material finds some use in flavor compositions, almost exclusively in imitation Honey and in various fruit complexes. The concentration used is normally as low as 0.5 to 2 ppm in the finished product.
Produced by hydrogenation of Phenylethyl ketone (Propiophenone).