Intensely animalic and fecal in concentration, softening on dilution into a warm, narcotic floral facet reminiscent of jasmine and orange blossom with a mothball-like naphthalenic undertone. Isopropyl indole is smoother and less overtly fecal than skatole but retains the same dark, indolic depth used to lend carnal realism to white florals.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1193.
Colorless or pale amber-colored liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Penetrating and heavy, but in dilution floral, sweet-animal odor of good tenacity.
This Indole has been available and was suggested for use in perfume compositions. It may be used in trace amounts in Lilac, Jasmine, Narcisse, etc. or it may constitute part of an artificial Civet base. It has also been used in Ylang compositions and various exotic, heavy florals.
Produced from iso-Valeraldehyde-phenylhydrazone plus Zinc chloride.