A classic nitro-musk (musk xylene family) — warm, sweet, powdery musk with a slightly balsamic, faintly animalic undertone. Diffuses softly and lingers with the characteristic clean, slightly heavy nitro-musk character used historically as a fixative in florals and fougères.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1371.
Yellowish crystals
Insoluble in water, soluble in hot alcohol and most oils
Very strong and acceptable musk odor
Parallel to that of Musk Ketone, using Valeroylchloride in place of Acetyl chloride