A cool, camphoraceous woody note with a fresh menthol-like lift and a dry herbal undertone. Reminiscent of pine and eucalyptus facets over a soft cyclohexanol backbone, without the sharp bite of true menthol.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1336.
Translucent, colorless, fused mass, or crystals.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful Menthol-like odor, but more camphoraceous, less cooling than Menthol.
Camphoraceous-Menthol-like taste, but with little cooling mouthfeel at concentrations where Menthol has conspicuous cooling effect.
Used in perfume compositions for household products, room sprays, detergents, cleansers, etc. and in various low-cost fragrances.
The title material became interesting to the flavor industry shortly after World War II.
Produced by complete hydrogenation of iso-Phorone