Alpha-Pinene | Perfume Material - Olfactorian

Alpha-Pinene

Aroma Chemicals

Alpha-Pinene

Delivers a sharp, woody pine aroma with pronounced terpenic freshness, cooling camphoraceous facets, and a distinctive turpentine-like character.

Aroma ChemicalTopCAS: 80-56-8

Odor Strength

High

Odor Type

Terpenic

Camphoraceous

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Alpha-Pinene in their compositions.

Accent

8 formulas

0.0%1.1%2.9%

Enhance

7 formulas

0.5%1.3%2.4%

Build

3 formulas

4.1%27.4%66.7%

Modulate

1 formulas

0.0%0.0%0.0%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Alpha-Pinene appears most often.

Complex Composition

6 formulas

0.5%14.3%66.7%

Fresh Citrus

4 formulas

0.5%1.5%2.9%

Floral Bouquet

2 formulas

0.0%0.0%0.0%

TGSC Descriptions

Mosciano, Gerard P&F 25, No. 6, 26, (2000): Woody, piney and turpentine-like, with a slight cooling camphoraceous nuance and a fresh herbal lift

Luebke, William tgsc, (1986): Fresh camphor sweet pine earthy woody

Other Descriptions

Pinene Alpha

Pell Wall Perfumes: Warm-woody, fresh-pine, resinous
According to arctander “alpa-pinene is one of the lowest boiling of all monoterpenes, and has therefore the most diffusive odor and poorest tenacity. it is also one of the purest commercially available monoterpenes, the chief impurities being beta-pinene and camphene.”