ocimenyl acetate - interesting complex

[Deleted member 26348570]

I just picked up ocimenyl acetate out of interest and to my surprise, it’s quite complex. My first impression is lavender and floral either gardenia or rose, it’s hard to pin point. I’m also picking up either wood or green facets. The intriguing note that threw me off was pineapple… it’s not overly prominent but it’s there. Anyways, I figured it would be worth providing a description to compensate for the limited information regarding this material on TGSC. Has anyone else have experience with this material?

 

[AJ Dave]

It's pretty nice. It's nice and fresh. I guess it's more stable than ocimene, since ocimene polymerizes.

It reminds me of lots of things. Opoponax, fennel, lavender, fresh basil, fresh mint (not the eo), chamomile or pineapple weed (Matricaria sp.), bergamot, citrus, orange blossom, and petitgrain.

But it's just an AC, so don't expect it to smell like the complete smell of those things... It mainly smells like something roughly between ocimene and lilanyl acetate. And it also smells somewhat like farnesene, but fresher.

 

[mnitabach]

Any examples of using it in accords or other compositions?

 

[Deleted member 26348570]

It's pretty nice. It's nice and fresh. I guess it's more stable than ocimene, since ocimene polymerizes.

It reminds me of lots of things. Opoponax, fennel, lavender, fresh basil, fresh mint (not the eo), chamomile or pineapple weed (Matricaria sp.), bergamot, citrus, orange blossom, and petitgrain.

But it's just an AC, so don't expect it to smell like the complete smell of those things... It mainly smells like something roughly between ocimene and lilanyl acetate. And it also smells somewhat like farnesene, but fresher.

You know, I can’t believe I missed the orange flower aspect. Although, this second smell is @100% rather than @20%.

@mnitabach - no formulas on TGSC. I will add that it is an odor of medium strength so presumably could use 1% to 10%?

 

[Alex F.]

For what it's worth: Brechbill has some examples in his voluminous formulas - four in Arranging Fine Perfume Compositions of 2009, and more than a dozen in The Fougere and Lavender's (2011). The amounts are mostly in the single-digit ppt area, only "Lavender Fresh # 9b" has 12 ppt.