A dark, resinous green odor with a leathery-tarry facet reminiscent of birch tar but softer and more herbaceous. Opens with a wintergreen-like methyl salicylate nuance layered over crushed green foliage, drying down to a smoky, balsamic wood note.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 79.
a pale yellow or yellow very viscous oil
decreased solubility in alcohol due to solid paraffins and naphthalins
pleasant woody-green, balsamic odor
not used as a perfumery raw material
steam distilled from the leaf-buds