A soft, sweet vanilla-like aroma with a mild phenolic edge and balsamic warmth. Less creamy and less intense than vanillin, with a slightly powdery, almost medicinal facet. Rounded and persistent, useful as a subtle vanilla-balsamic fixative.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1377.
White or colorless crystals.
Almost insoluble in cold water, soluble in hot water, alcohol and oils.
Very mild, sweet, balsamic-Vanilla-like odor of moderate tenacity.
It has had some use in perfumes and flavors, many years ago, when the price difference between the alcohol and Vanillin was not very significant.
Produced from Vanillin by hydrogenation in presence of Platinum black.