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Primary (First) - musty
FL/FR3-acetyl-2,5-dimethyl furan
 odor: sweet musty nutty earthy cocoa corn leather
 flavor: Nutty, musty, cocoa-like, with beany and bready nuances
FL/FR2-acetyl-5-methyl furan
 odor: strong musty nutty hay coconut coumarin milky
 flavor: Nutty cocoa-like with a toasted bready nuance
FL/FR2-acetyl pyrrole
 odor: musty nut skin maraschino cherry coumarinic licorice walnut bready
 flavor: sweet fruity musty cherry nutty wasabi mustard tea
FL aconitic acid
 odor: Vegetative, musty and nutty with a dry, toasted nuance
 flavor: Nutty, vegetative, musty and slightly caramellic
FL/FR(Z)-ambrettolide
 odor: musty animal musk ambrette
FR decane nitrile
 odor: fresh musty fatty waxy oily cognac
FL/FR3-ethyl phenol
 flavor: phenolic burnt truffle
4-ethyl veratrole
 odor: musty earthy
trans-2-ethylidene-trans-3-hexenal
 odor: harsh musty sweet maple
FL2-formyl pyrrole
 odor: musty beefy coffee
gamma-gurjunene
FL/FR1-heptanol
 odor: musty leafy violet herbal green sweet woody peony
 flavor: Solvent-like, fermented with oily nutty and fatty notes, and a slight green aldehydic under note
FL/FR linalool oxide (furanoid)
 odor: musty camphor fenchyl alcohol
FL/FR menthofuran
 odor: Diffusive, pungent, musty, nutty, pyrazine like, nutty, earthy and coffee
 flavor: Musty, nutty, coffee, raw and legume
(1S,2R,5R)-(+)-isomenthol
 odor: musty sweet herbal earthy camphor hay
FRpara-methoxypropiophenone
 odor: musty anisic
FL/FR2-methyl butyraldehyde
 odor: musty cocoa phenolic coffee nutty malty fermented fatty alcoholic
 flavor: musty fusel rummy nutty cereal caramellic fruity cocoa
CS musk ambrette
 odor: musty sweet ambrette seed
FL/FR nutty quinoxaline
 odor: Musty, nutty, roasted, beany, cereal cracker-like, with corn nuances
 flavor: Nutty, musty, corn taco and popcorn-like
FL nutty thiazole
 odor: Musty, nutty and earthy with a coffee and meaty nuance
 flavor: Nutty, roasted, meaty and savory with woody and coffee nuances
FL(E)-2-octenoic acid
 odor: musty sour fatty waxy dirty aldehydic vegetable cheese
 flavor: fatty terpy waxy green weedy wet hay
FL/FRketoisophorone
 odor: Musty, woody, sweet, tea, citrus lemon with sI. brown nuances
 flavor: Citrus, floral, musty, tea like with green sweet fruity nuances
 pinenol
 odor: musty dusty
(+)-terpinen-4-ol
 odor: musty dusty
FL/FR vinyl sulfurol
 odor: Diffusive, musty, nutty, root vegetable-like
 flavor: Nutty, musty, earthy, cocoa powder like
Secondary (Second) - musty
FL acetyl acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal
 odor: ethereal musty nutty alcoholic bitter
FL(E)-aconitic acid
 odor: vegetable musty nut dry toasted
 flavor: nut vegetable caramel
FL/FR benzaldehyde glycrol acetal
 odor: cherry bitter almond sweet
 flavor: Faint mustiness, mild red fruit with a cherry almond nuance
FL butyraldehyde
 odor: pungent cocoa musty green malty bready
 flavor: Cocoa, green, grainy, fermented
 camphene hydrate
 odor: menthol musty camphor
FL capsicum oleoresin CO2 extract
 odor: chilis musty hay tobacco sweet herbal
FL/FR cyclohexyl acetate
 odor: fruity sweet musty ethereal
 flavor: Solventy and slightly cooling with sweet banana and apple notes
FL cyclohexyl methyl pyrazine
 odor: green musty nutty
FL2,5-diethyl thiazole
 odor: meaty musty nutty
FL/FR4,5-dimethyl-2-ethyl-3-thiazoline
 odor: meat nut musty sulfury coffee chocolate raw vegetable
 flavor: nut skin raw vegetable nutty cocoa earthy musty
FL ethenyl dimethyl pyrazine
 odor: earthy musty
(S)-2-ethyl hexanoic acid
 odor: sweet herbal musty
FL/FR ethyl octanoate
 odor: fruity wine waxy sweet apricot banana brandy pear
 flavor: Sweet, waxy, fruity and pineapple with creamy, fatty, mushroom and cognac notes
FL/FR filbert pyrazine
 odor: Nutty, peanut, musty, corn-like with raw earthy and bready nuances
 flavor: Nutty peanut, musty corn-like with raw and oily nuances
FL/FR geosmin
 odor: fresh musty earthy soil
(-)-geosmin
 odor: earthy musty dirt
(+)-geosmin
 odor: earthy musty
FL/FRsec-hexyl alcohol
 odor: sweet musty alcoholic
FL hexyl amine
 odor: ammoniacal musty fishy
FL/FR hydroxymethyl hexyl ethyl ketone
 odor: musty herbal sweet earthy
FLisomenthol
 odor: mentholic musty woody camphoreous
 flavor: cooling
FL3-methyl-2-butanol
 odor: impacting, musty, alcoholic, fuesl like, with nuances of vegetables, cider, cocoa and cheese
 flavor: impacting, musty, alcoholic, fusel like, with nuances of vegetables, cider, cocoa and cheese
FL3-methyl cyclohexanol
 odor: dry solvent musty rummy fusel fruity
FL4-methyl cyclohexanone
 odor: musty animal
FL methyl 2-hydroxy-4-methyl valerate
 odor: sweet fruity musty
2-methyl isoborneol
 odor: earthy musty
FL methyl 2-(methyl thio) butyrate
 odor: sulfurous musty onion fruity tropical green
 flavor: sulfury savory eggy vegetable onion fruity tropical
FL/FR5-methyl quinoxaline
 odor: Nut shell, musty, roasted and pyrazine-like with coffee, hazelnut and potato nuances
 flavor: Nutty, roasted, peanut and pyrazine-like with a yeasty corn chip nuance
FL2-methyl-2-thiazoline
 odor: sulfurous musty meaty nutty
FL methyl thiomethyl butyrate
 odor: Sulfureous, musty, onion, savory, fruity and tropical with vegetative nuances
 flavor: Sulfureous, savory, eggy, vegetative and onion with fruity, tropical nuances
(E)-1,5-octadien-3-one
 odor: earthy musty
FL2-octyl thiophene
 odor: grassy musty
CS osthol
 odor: dry musty herbal
FR patchouli hexanol
 odor: woody musty patchouli camphor mint leather
FL2-pentyl-1-buten-3-one
 odor: musty mushroom
FL/FRisopropyl alcohol
 odor: alcohol musty woody
 flavor: dry alcoholic woody musty
FL/FR propyl cinnamate
 odor: musty vine amber
 flavor: peach apricot
FL3-propyl pyridine
 odor: sweet musty beany earthy woody
CS quinoline
 odor: Medical, musty, tobacco with a pyridine and leather nuance
 flavor: Earthy, musty, nutty, coumarinic with a chemical nuance
FL/FR tetrahydrogeranyl acetone
 flavor: citronella soapy
FL/FR2,3,5,6-tetramethyl pyrazine
 odor: nutty musty chocolate coffee cocoa brown lard burnt
 flavor: nutty musty weedy earthy cocoa peanut coffee asparagus
Tertiary (Third) - musty
FL acetaldehyde 1,3-octane diol acetal
FL/FR amyl benzoate
 odor: floral green musky amber balsam
FR cedarwood oil china
 odor: woody burnt musty cedar
FRortho-cresol
 odor: musty phenolic plastic medicinal herbal leathery
FL/FR2-ethyl hexyl acetate
 odor: earthy herbal humus undergrowth
FL/FR2-ethyl pyrazine
 odor: Nutty, musty, fermented, coffee, roasted,cocoa and meaty nuances
 flavor: Nutty, musty, casky, woody, potato, earthy and cocoa with a fishy nuance
FL furfuryl alcohol
 odor: alcoholic chemical musty sweet caramel bread coffee
 flavor: Burnt, sweet, caramellic, brown
FL furfuryl hexanoate
 odor: green fatty musty waxy
FL/FR ginger oleoresin
 odor: ginger earthy musty citrus
 flavor: ginger
(E)-4-hexen-1-ol
 odor: green herbal musty tomato metallic
 flavor: green tomato fresh herbal vegetable
FR hexyl pivalate
 odor: sweet floral fatty musty green fruity woody
FL5-hydroxymethyl furfural
 odor: fatty buttery musty waxy caramellic
 flavor: herbal hay tobacco
FR labdanum gum extract ethyl ester
 odor: ambergris old wood musty cistus fecal animal
FR laminaria absolute
 odor: woody dry musty green vegetable
FR leptospermum scoparium branch/leaf oil new zealand
 odor: woody animal musty dry grassy urine valerian root floral
FL/FRhomomenthol
 odor: mint cool mentholic musty spicy
 flavor: mentholic cooling minty spicy
FL/FR methyl heptenone
 odor: citrus green musty lemongrass apple
 flavor: Green, vegetative, musty, apple, banana and green bean-like
FL/FR4-methyl octanoic acid
 odor: Waxy, fatty, dairy, creamy, milky and lactonic
 flavor: Fatty, waxy, creamy and lactonic with metallic nuances
FL/FR2-methyl-4-phenyl butanal
 odor: sweet floral earthy musty
FLtris(methyl thio) methane
 odor: earthy mushroom musty truffle
FL/FR myrrh absolute
 odor: balsamic woody musty amber spicy toffee gourmand
 flavor: balsamic old wood brown resinous amber musty smoky
FL/FRbitter orangeflower water absolute
 odor: dry floral musty herbal mandarin leaf petitgrain
 flavor: orangeflower
FL/FR2-pentyl acetate
 odor: herbal weedy musty green vegetable nut skin beany ketonic animal
 flavor: dairy nut skin beany vegetable green musty nutty oily
FL/FR phenethyl furoate
 odor: honey rose musty mushroom
FL/FR shoyu pyrazine
 odor: Raw nutty and green pepper
 flavor: Musty, raw, slight nutty, slight radish
FL/FR tetrahydrofurfuryl butyrate
 odor: fruity green sweet musty tropical apricot pineapple
 flavor: Fruity, pineapple, with green and berry nuances
FR tetrahydrogeraniol
 odor: sweet rose leather musty plastic
FL/FR2,3-xylenol
 odor: phenolic chemical musty
 flavor: cresolic
Quaternary (Fourth) - musty
FR4-allyl-1,4-dimethyl bicyclo(3.2.1)octan-3-one
 odor: amber, fruity, dusty, and musty notes
FR baby powder fragrance
FL/FR2-isobutyl-3,5-(and 3,6)-dimethyl pyrazine
 odor: cocoa hazelnut musty earthy roasted nutty
FL/FR cassis pentanone
 odor: SuIfureous, green, metallic, musty and rooty with fermented, fruity and tropical nuances
 flavor: Green, sulfureous, metallic, horseradish, cabbage, vegetative and herbal nuances
FL/FR cyclohexyl acetic acid
 odor: Sharp acidic, fatty cheesy, musty, powdery, honey and caramellic
 flavor: Honey, caramallic, maple and cocoa
1,8-dimethoxy-para-menthane
 odor: sweet fruity minty green musty
 flavor: nutty fruity minty bitter musty waxy green citrus sweet sandalwood
FL/FRortho-dimethyl hydroquinone
 odor: sweet creamy vanilla phenolic musty
FL/FR2,5-dimethyl pyrazine
 odor: cocoa roasted nuts roast beef woody grass medical
 flavor: Musty, potato, cocoa and nutty with a fatty and oily nuance
FR eau de brouts absolute
 odor: floral herbal dry musty
FL/FR2-ethyl butyl acetate
 odor: ethereal sweet fruity banana musty oily
 flavor: fruity banana earthy solvent peach citrus
FL/FR2-ethyl fenchol
 odor: earthy ground rooty damp musty camphor
 flavor: earthy minty fir needle rooty humus mushroom potato tea
FL/FR3-heptanone
 odor: Fruity ketonic, sweet with a musty cheese-like note
 flavor: Ketonic, with a cheese-like creamy character
FL/FR hexanal dimethyl acetal
 odor: green sweet dry musty
FL/FR hexyl propionate
 odor: pear green fruity musty rotting fruit
FL/FRpara-menth-3-en-1-ol
 odor: dry woody musty
FL/FR methyl anthranilate
 odor: fruity grape orangeflower neroli
 flavor: Sweet, fruity, concord grape, with a musty and berry nuance
FL/FR1-octen-3-one
 odor: Intense earthy, metallic, mushroom-like with vegetative nuances of cabbage and broccoli. It has minor savory notes of fish and chicken
 flavor: Intense creamy earthy mushroom with fishy and vegetative nuances
FL/FR octyl 2-methyl butyrate
 odor: Waxy, fruity, green and musty with a lactonic undernote
 flavor: Waxy, fruity and creamy with a good mouthfeel
FL/FR propyl alcohol
 odor: Alcoholic, fermented, weak fusel and tequila like, musty and yeasty, with a slightly sweet fruity nuance of apple and pear
 flavor: Alcoholic, earthy, fermented, fusel-like, with peanut nutty nuances as well as fruity nuances of apple, pear, bubble gum
FL turmeric oleoresin
 odor: soft spicy woody earthy
 flavor: turmeric
Quinary (Fifth) - musty
FL/FRalpha-ambrinol
 odor: amber natural musk animal
 flavor: amber woody earthy rooty herbal animal old wood humus tea
FL/FR benzyl isovalerate
 odor: sweet fruity apple pineapple herbal
 flavor: Sweet, fruity and balsamic with a tropical and dried fruit nuance
FL capsicum oleoresin
 odor: chilis musty hay tobacco herbal
FL/FR cistus ladaniferus absolute resin
 odor: sweet old wood incense amber ambergris musty dry
 flavor: labdanum
FR cistus ladaniferus resin
 odor: sweet old wood amber ambergris musty dry
FL/FR3,5-cocoa pyrazine
 odor: Peanut, nutty, caramel, coffee, musty, cocoa, pyrazine and roasted
 flavor: Sweet, nutty, caramellic, coffee, corn, cocoa and potato
FL/FR cyclamen aldehyde
 odor: floral cyclamen fresh rhubarb musty green
 flavor: green tropical rhubarb watery oily cyclamen cortex phenolic
FL/FR3-decanol
 odor: floral fatty orange musty mushroom
FL/FR dimethyl octanol
 odor: waxy soapy aldehydic leathery musty citrus green
 flavor: Fatty, waxy, soapy with floral rosy and fresh citrus woody nuances
FL/FR heptyl octanoate
 odor: Waxy, fruity, fatty, green with a musty tropical nuance
 flavor: Waxy, fatty with a tropical fruity nuance
FL/FR jambu oleoresin
 odor: Citrus, herbal, lifting, tropical with a musty coolingness
 flavor: Strangely effervescent, cooling, salty, slightly astringent and numbing
FR methyl eugenol
 odor: sweet fresh warm spicy clove carnation cinnamon
 flavor: Spice, cinnamon and clove, mouth tingle, fresh, peppery and woody
FL/FR nerolin fragarol
 odor: sweet naphthyl strawberry fruity orange blossom
 flavor: sweet fruity strawberry naphthyl grape orangeflower
FL/FR(S)-1-octen-3-ol
 odor: moldy grassy herbal green musty
FL3-octyl butyrate
 odor: fruity green herbal citrus musty
FR resorcinol
 odor: nutty creamy phenolic hawthorn musty
 flavor: Creamy, vanilla, slightly phenolic and musty
FL/FR styralyl acetate
 odor: green leafy gardenia rhubarb musty
 flavor: Fruity, berry, green, seedy and slightly nutty
Senary (Sixth) - musty
FL/FRpara-alpha-dimethyl styrene
 odor: Phenolic, spicy, styrene, eugenol and guaiacol-like with musty, coffee and nutty nuances
 flavor: Spicy, balsamic, musty and eugenol / guaiacol-like with a nutty nuance
FL/FR indole
 odor: animal floral moth ball fecal naphthelene
 flavor: Animal, fecal, naphthyl, with earthy, perfumey, phenolic and chemical nuances
FL/FR labdanum absolute
 odor: amber ambergris woody old wood sweet musty gourmand
 flavor: labdanum
FL/FRdelta-tridecalactone
 odor: creamy milky oily dairy buttery musty
 flavor: creamy coconut dairy
Septenary (Seventh) - musty
FL/FR angelica archangelica root oil CO2 extract
 odor: woody herbal tea
FL/FRpara-methyl hydratropaldehyde
 odor: Floral, green, sweet, with woody herbal powdery nuances
 flavor: Green, woody, waxy and musty
Octonary (Eighth) - musty
FL/FR phenethyl butyrate
 odor: musty sweet floral yeast strawberry
 flavor: Fruity, floral, green with a tropical winey nuance
FL/FR2,3,5-trimethyl pyrazine
 odor: nutty nut skin earthy powdery cocoa baked potato roasted peanut hazelnut musty
 flavor: raw nut skin vegetable cocoa toasted earthy chocolate coffee
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