Disclosed is a cooling component or sensate component which does not have undesirable stimulus feeling, bitterness and the like and is excellent in the persistence of refresh-feeling and cool-feeling, a sensate composition which comprises the same, and various products that comprise said sensate composition. Also disclosed is a cooling agent comprising (3S)-1-menthyl 3-hydroxybutyrate represented by the following formula (I)
本发明公开了一种冷却或感知组分,该组分不具有不良刺激感、苦味等,并且在清新感和凉爽感的持久性方面表现出色,以及包括该感知组分的感知组合物和包括该感知组合物的各种产品。此外,还公开了一种包括以下公式(I)所表示的(3S)-1-薄荷基
3-羟基丁酸甲酯的冷却剂。