A vibrant, tart lemon-peel character with a distinctly grassy, hay-like undertone driven by high citral content. Sharp and zesty on first sniff, softening into a slightly sweet, herbaceous green facet as it dries down.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 229.
Yellow or amber-colored, somewhat viscous liquid
Able to keep 2-3% of water clearly dissolved at room temperature
Very strong, fresh-grassy lemon-type, herbaceous or tea-like odor
Not used very extensively in perfumes
Used as starting materials in the production of ionones, methylionones, vitamin A
Steam distilled from the fresh or partly dried leaves