A fresh, green floral aldehyde with a muguet (lily-of-the-valley) character reminiscent of cyclamen aldehyde. Delivers a slightly watery, dewy petal effect with a clean, airy lift and a mild aromatic-woody undertone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1190.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, refreshingly green, sap-like or twig-like odor with a pungent (unless diluted) herbaceous character, yet overall sweet, slightly woody and rather heavy. In proper dilution the odor becomes similar to that of Willow leaves.
This aldehyde, commercially available for many years already, has only very slowly gained foothold on the perfumer’s shelf, in spite of the excellent results and record of success already attributed to this material. Variations in quality of material from different suppliers, relatively poor shelf stability, etc. may be some of the reasons for apparent reluctance on the part of the perfumers in general to use this material. In combination with delicately woody odors, Methylionones and refined Cedarwood-derivatives, Sandalwood and many carbinols, it performs very well. Styrax and Oakmoss are excellent blenders for the aldehyde, and Galbanum an interesting companion. However, high quality and uniformity in manufactured lots are prerequisites for the further success of such material. It could become one of the important aldehydes.
Produced from para-iso-Propyl acetophenone via the Glycidate synthesis (Darzens). Acetocumene will often contain considerable amounts of meta-isomer, and this is where one serious impurity may enter the odor picture.