Sharp, penetrating herbal-medicinal odor of thyme, with a strong phenolic bite and a warm, slightly sweet camphoraceous facet. Reminiscent of oregano and thyme oil, with an antiseptic mouthwash quality that lingers.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| THYME OIL, WILD | — | 30–40% |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1309.
Translucent crystals.
0.1% soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, sweet-medicinal, herbaceous and warm odor of moderate tenacity.
The taste is pleasantly sweet-medicinal, herbaceous-spicy at concentrations up to 20 ppm.
It is used in discrete amounts in perfumes, although Thyme oil is often preferred for its mellower, softer effect and its reasonable cost.
Thymol is more commonly used in flavor compositions, mainly in toothpaste flavor, cough drops, mouth washes, gargles and chewing gums.
1) from para-Cymene or from Nitrocumin-aldehyde. 2) from para-Cresol via its Sulfonate to the iso-Propyl-derivative. 3) from Piperitone by dehydrogenation. The process yields Menthol plus Thymol. The two materials can be satisfactorily separated. 4) The process of isolation from Ajowan oil is only of local importance.