A soft, sweet floral-phenolic material with a hyacinth-like character and a mild green, slightly waxy undertone. Rounder and less sharp than benzyl alcohol, with a gentle powdery-floral warmth that supports white florals and mimosa-type accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1317.
White crystals, granular or crystalline powder, sometimes fused lumps.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Faint, but very pleasant, green-rosy, leafy and sweet-balsamic odor of moderate tenacity.
It blends excellently with all the conventional materials, floral and non-floral, and offers good basis for experiments with new variations of Lilac, Rose, Appleblossom, Geranium, Fougere, etc. It is stable in soap and compatible with all the “troublesome” fragrance chemicals. As a companion to high grade Terpineol in Lilac fragrances, it is one of the most useful low-cost materials.
1) from para-Tolyl magnesium bromide plus Acetaidehyde. 2) by hydrolysis of para-Methyl benzyl chloride.