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Guaiacol

CAS 90-05-1  ·  Synthetic  ·  Heart note  ·  Smoky phenolic

Impact

8 of 10

Substantivity

12 days on a blotter

Working dilution

1% what we prefill
Smoky 50%Leather 25%Herbal 17%Sweet 8%
smoke 67%medicinal 17%dry 8%sugary 8%

What does Guaiacol smell like?

Penetrating smoky-phenolic note of charred wood, smoked ham and medicinal tar with an underlying sweetness; a core smoke molecule of burnt materials. Traces build convincing smoke, whisky, leather and incense effects; harsh if overdosed.

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What else is Guaiacol called?

2-Methoxyphenol  ·  o-Methoxyphenol

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Which materials are closest to Guaiacol?

Ranked by shared olfactive sub-categories, not alphabetically.

Published formulas using Guaiacol

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What blends well with Guaiacol?

Read from the published formulas: beside Guaiacol in at least two of them.

What can replace Guaiacol?

Computed, not collected from forums. A pair covers together what one cannot. The number is how much of this material's character a bottle carries, not a promise that it is the same thing.

  • 2-Isopropylphenol
    carries Smoke smoky, Smoky leather, Medicinal herbal, Dry leather. Tar smoky; Burnt smoky; Sugary sweet; lasts about 2.5x shorter on paper
    64%
  • 2-Isopropylphenol 68% + P-Phenol (F-TEC) 32%
    carries Smoke smoky, Smoky leather, Medicinal herbal, Tar smoky. Burnt smoky; Sugary sweet; 2-Isopropylphenol brings the Smoky leather side (68%); P-Phenol (F-TEC) brings the Tar smoky side (32%); lasts about 3.3x shorter on paper
    77%
  • 2-Isopropylphenol 50% + 4-Ethylphenol 50%
    carries Smoke smoky, Smoky leather, Medicinal herbal, Dry leather. Tar smoky; Burnt smoky; Sugary sweet; 2-Isopropylphenol brings the Smoky leather side (50%); 4-Ethylphenol brings the Smoke smoky side (50%); lasts about 2.5x shorter on paper
    74%
  • 2-Isopropylphenol 60% + P-Phenol (F-TEC) 30% + Methyl 4-Methylsalicylate 10%
    carries Smoke smoky, Smoky leather, Medicinal herbal, Tar smoky. Burnt smoky; Sugary sweet; 2-Isopropylphenol brings the Smoky leather side (60%); P-Phenol (F-TEC) brings the Tar smoky side (30%); Methyl 4-Methylsalicylate brings the Minty herbal side (10%); lasts about 3.6x shorter on paper
    78%
  • 2-Isopropylphenol 56% + p-Cresol 44%
    carries Smoke smoky, Smoky leather, Medicinal herbal, Tar smoky. Burnt smoky; Sugary sweet; 2-Isopropylphenol brings the Smoky leather side (56%); p-Cresol brings the Tar smoky side (44%); lasts about 3.9x shorter on paper
    72%

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Guaiacol

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
4
Sub-categories under them
4
Impact, out of 10
8
Hours on a blotter
12 days
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
2
Constituent breakdown
not on file

All 2,211 materials

Described in words
every one
Impact rating out of 10
2125
Classified into an olfactive family
2,172
Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
9,899 across 229 pairs
A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

Every regulatory join - IFRA, GHS, allergens - is by CAS number, and a material can supply one through its constituents as well as its own row, so of the 569 materials carrying no CAS number the 244 without a constituent table are the ones that return "nothing known" rather than "nothing applies". The blotter hours are sourced rather than measured by us, and the app labels every one of them an estimate. There is no physical chemistry on a row: no molecular weight, no vapour pressure, no boiling point. The longer answer, or the whole catalog counted.