Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Cinnamyl alcohol is an organic compound that is found in esterified form in storax Balsam of Peru and cinnamon leaves. It forms a white crystalline solid when pure or a yellow oil when even slightly impure. It can be produced by the hydrolysis of storax.Cinnamyl alcohol has a distinctive odour described as sweet balsam hyacinth spicy green powdery cinnamic and is used in perfumery and as a deodorant.
