A very soft, faintly floral-green material with a waxy, slightly balsamic character. It is quiet on its own — more a textural fixative than a scent, lending a subtle diffusive lift to florals and ambers.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1142.
Practically colorless viscous liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Virtually odorless and tasteless when absolutely pure, but normally carries a delicate, dry-leaf, tea-like and slightly caramellic-sweet odor.
This material was introduced to perfumers as a natural flower oil fixative. It is believed to be a useful and effective material for application in artificial flower absolutes and in certain perfume bases, specialties, etc.
1) by decomposition of chlorophyll extract from alfalfa grass. 2) by hydrogenation of geranyl linalool.