Synthetics
Diphenyl oxide smells like a combination of rose, geranium, and clear metallic notes, with a phenolic, aromatic, tea-rose, and hay-like quality.
Luebke, William tgsc, (1983): Geranium leaf green phenolic
Symrise: Strong like pelargonia leaves, harsh-sweetish, slightly phenolic, reminiscent of camphor and anethole
Moellhausen: Floreal, rose
PerfumersWorld: Strong geranium phenolic aromatic floral rose geranium harsh chemical mettalic floral-green
Blends-well-with - +terpineol +citral +nerol +citral +geranyl acetate newmownhay
Pell Wall Perfumes: Geranium, green-leaf, floral-rose, slightly harsh-phenolic, metalic, camphoraceous
This material melts at 28 centigrade. arctander suggests these uses: “… it is not confined exclusively to geranium and rose types, since fougeres, new mown hay and hyacinth, to mention a few, can benefit from this chemical. like many other low-cost perfume chemicals, it is often an interesting tool in the hands of a skilled perfumer with audacity and imagination and an urge to use materials in an unconventional’ way.”