Alpha Pinene
Natural
Alpha Pinene
Delivers a sharp, woody pine aroma with pronounced terpenic freshness, cooling camphoraceous facets, and a distinctive turpentine-like character.
Odor Strength
High ,Recommend Smelling In A 10.00 % Solution Or Less
Odor Type
Herbal
Functional Profile
How perfumers typically use Alpha Pinene in their compositions.
Accent
8 formulas
Enhance
7 formulas
Build
3 formulas
Modulate
1 formulas
Common Formula Contexts
Fragrance styles and categories where Alpha Pinene appears most often.
Complex Composition
6 formulas
Fresh Citrus
4 formulas
Floral Bouquet
2 formulas
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.”
Pinene Alpha Biobased 100%
Takasago: Dry.woody, resinous-piney
For use in flavor, fragrance, and in essential oil imitations.
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