Phenylethyl glycol (2-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol) has a soft, mildly sweet floral character reminiscent of hyacinth and rose with faint green nuances. It is quiet and diffuse rather than powerful, functioning more as a smoothing floral background than a lead note.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1119.
White amorphous powder.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and most perfume oils.
Mild and weak, but sweet and pleasantly floral odor of excellent tenacity.
This glycol has been used in perfume compositions as an auxiliary fixative with modest odor value. Its contribution of odor is very limited, and it may be used as a supporting note to Gardenia and Lily since it has perceptible traces of that odor character.
1) from Styrene by oxidation. 2) or from Styrene oxide (epoxide) by hydration. 3) or from Styrene via its Chlorohydrin to the title material. 4) by catalytic hydrogenation of Benzoyl carbinol.