2,5-Xylenol

At a glance

According to The Good Scents Company, this material has an odor type of phenolic, with descriptor tags: sweet, naphthyl, phenolic, smoky, bacon, sweet, naphthyl, phenolic, smoky, bacon. (CAS 95-87-4)

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Category

⚗️ Synthetic

Extraction

Chemical synthesis

Chemical family

Alcohol

CAS number

95-87-4

Structure

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Profile

sweet, naphthyl, phenolic, smoky, bacon, sweet, naphthyl, phenolic, smoky, bacon

IFRA status

Restricted -- max 0.14% in Category 4