methylbenzodioxepinone

noun

An odorant used to give the olfactory impression of a seashore.

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nounmethylbenzodioxepinone (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn odorant used to give the olfactory impression of a seashore.

    Just as steel, the new high-tech metal, allowed the rise of the skyscraper, Pfizer’s 1966 discovery of the methylbenzodioxepinone molecule, trade-named Calone, with its fresh marine/ozonic scent, allowed the creation of the oceanic scents of the ’90s.

    2009 March 3, Jens Mortensen, “Eau de Mies”, in New York Times
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