| abstract |
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel methylmenthol derivative usable as a cool-sensation imparter or sense-stimulating agent which has none of an undesirable irritating feeling, a peculiar odor, bitterness, and the like and is excellent in 5 terms of the retention of a refreshing sensation or cool sensation. The cool-sensation imparter composition of the present invention contains a methylmenthol derivative represented by general formula (1). [In formula (1), symbol * indicates an asymmetric carbon atom, X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and Y is an optionally substituted C6-20 aryl group.] 10 |