A soft, rosy-floral aroma chemical with a honeyed, slightly balsamic sweetness reminiscent of phenylethyl alcohol but heavier and more persistent. Acts as a fixative for rose and honey accords, giving a warm, powdery diffusion on the drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1111.
Colorless oily liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Weak and faint, oily-ethereal, sweet odor of good tenacity.
This ester has very little interest to perfumery, but it has been suggested as a fixative and solvent for mild floral fragrances, including Rose, Rose-Lavender, Lilac, etc.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of Phenylethyl alcohol with Oxalic acid.