Soft floral-woody aroma reminiscent of lilac and pine sap, with a clean, slightly medicinal freshness. Mildly sweet and rounded, with a pale coniferous undertone that carries into a subtle waxy-woody drydown.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lime oil, distilled | — | 10–20% |
| Lime Oil, Expressed | — | 10–20% |
| Lavender Oil | — | 1–5% |
| Rosemary Oil Spanish | — | 1–5% |
| Rosewood oil | — | 1–5% |
| Fir Balsam Absolute 50% TEC | — | — |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1275.
Colorless, slightly viscous liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol, propylene glycol, mineral oil and perfume and flavor materials.
The odor of high-grade alpha-Terpineol is delicately floral and sweet of Lilac type, strongly influenced by minute amounts of impurities of different odor types.
Alpha-Terpineol is used in discrete amounts in various flavor compositions, such as berry flavors, lemon, lime, nutmeg, orange, ginger, anise, peach, etc.
Alpha-Terpineol is one of the most commonly used of all perfume chemicals. It is a basic component in Lilac perfumes and a major component of many varieties of Pine fragrances, as well as a common ingredient in Fougères, Appleblossoms, fragrances for household products, soaps, and detergents.
Alpha-Terpineol is necessary for high-quality flavor compositions, particularly in citrus and spice flavors.
1) by isolation from American Pine oil 2) from alpha-Pinene via Terpin hydrate or directly to Terpineol by hydration 3) from Pentane tricarboxylic acid by cyclization, followed by esterification, via the Hydroxyester to the unsaturated ester, and by Grignard reagent to Terpineol. 4) from Isoprene and Methyl vinyl ketone with Methyl magnesium iodide.