A dry, woody-terpenic top note with a peppery, slightly citrus edge reminiscent of juniper berry and black pepper. Fresh and volatile with a green pine-like nuance that fades quickly.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.
| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Nutmeg Oil, Distilled | — | 20–50% |
| BLACK PEPPER | — | 5–10% |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1236.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Warm, oily-peppery, woody-herbaceous and spicy odor of moderate to poor tenacity.
Warm-spicy taste with slightly pungent mouthfeel at concentrations above 50 ppm. Woody-peppery at lower concentrations.
The author is not aware of any significant use of the title material as such in perfume compositions.
It has been suggested for use in imitation Blackcurrant flavor, a notoriously difficult flavor problem.
Produced by isolation from various essential oils: Cubeb oil (dextro-Sabinene), Chamaecyparis obtusa oil (dextro-Sabinene), Carrot seed oil (laevo-Sabinene). The Japanese Hiba oil (from Thujopsis dolobrata), particularly the leaf oil, is very rich in Sabinene (40-50%).