Ajowan (Trachyspermum ammi) has a pungent, thyme-like aroma dominated by thymol — sharp, warm, and medicinal with a distinct phenolic bite. Underneath the herbal-spicy top there's a dry, slightly earthy seed character reminiscent of caraway and oregano.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 51.
Yellow-orange to pale brownish or red-brown liquid
Pungent, herbaceous-spicy and medicinal odor, reminiscent of red thyme
Somewhat sweeter than that of thyme, sharp and biting at high concentration, sweet and pleasant near the Minimum Perceptible which is about 0.10 to 0.20 mg%
Could find use in soap perfumes, detergents, air-fresheners, etc.
In flavors for canned foods
Steam distillation