A powerful animalic-floral aroma chemical with strong leathery and fecal-indolic character. Reminiscent of orange blossom and neroli undertones, but with a heavy, narcotic, almost civet-like depth. Used in trace amounts it lends a sensual, skin-like warmth to florals.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1206.
Colorless oily liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Sweet-animal-floral odor with heavy-mossy character and good tenacity. Pungent when undiluted, heavy-floral in dilution.
This material is rarely offered commercially but it has been used from time to time as a trace ingredient in Oriental-floral or woody mossy fragrance types. It performs very well with the Quinolines, Phenylacetates, etc. and it gives attractive sweet background for a Lilac fragrance.
Produced from Propanol and para-Toluidine in vapor phase over Aluminum oxide at 400-420° C.