A soft, waxy-green aldehydic material with a fresh floral character reminiscent of lily-of-the-valley and cyclamen. Less sharp than its unsaturated relative farnesal, with a smoother, slightly fatty petal-like quality and a subtle clean-skin nuance in the drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1286.
Almost colorless or pale straw-colored, oily or slightly viscous liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, very sweet, fruity-floral and tenacious odor.
The title aldehyde, not a very common article, and rarely offered under its proper chemical name, has found a little use in perfumery. As a minor component in topnote compositions, in Muguet, Lily, Peony, Rose, Cyclamen, Magnolia, etc., it may introduce a pleasant, fresh and powerful, tenacious note of excellent blending properties.
Produced by regulated hydrogenation of Farnesal.