Description and usage notes:
A rarely offered and unusual aldehyde that can add significant realism and freshness to citrus and fruity creations among others. It has a very distinctive cilantro / coriander leaf aspect that isn’t found in the more usual aldehydes. It is very fresh and works particularly well with lime oil. Not to be confused with Tridecanal.
In fragrances it is also useful to add lift and diffusion (in a similar way to that provided by trans-2-cis-6-nonadienal or cis-6-Nonenol). In this context very tiny traces are used: indeed it is rare that more than a trace will appear in any fragrance.
Arctander says that “it introduces great power, diffusion and lift to the aroma, reviving an overly sweet Citrus complex, etc.”
This material is both extremely powerful and quite expensive so we also offer it for sale at 1% in IPM
The material offered here is predominately the trans isomer, at a minimum 95% purity and stabilised with α-tocopherol.
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djprdavies (verified owner) –
Use this with caution. I remember a tale of just one drop can destroy your blend, with this one the Coriander/Cilantro aroma is very powerful and I guess will need diluting down a lot to bring out the notes in the profile. Will revisit this when I get the % right. Please don’t get me wrong it is a good aroma chemical, I just have not found a use for it yet.