Pulegol (isopulegol) has a fresh, minty-herbal character reminiscent of peppermint with a cooling, slightly camphoraceous facet. It carries a green, leafy nuance and a mild woody undertone, less sweet and more herbaceous than menthol.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1213.
Colorless or white crystals, melting to a colorless oily liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, herbaceous, sweet-minty, rosy odor of moderate to poor tenacity.
Pure Pulegol is not a commercial article and has not been in demand by the creative perfumer. It remains a scarce material in the research laboratory and perhaps in smaller quantities in the essential oil laboratories, for experiments with reconstituted essential oils.
Produced by reduction of dextro-Pulegone with Lithium Aluminum hydride.