Process for augmenting or enhancing aroma or taste of smoking tobacco and smoking tobacco article using aldehyde composition

Described is a method for augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of smoking tobacco or smoking tobacco articles by adding to smoking tobacco or to at least one section of the smoking tobacco article, e.g., the paper, the filter or the body of tobacco, a mixture consisting essentially of: (a) from about 0.5 up to about 7% by weight of said composition of n-hexanal; (b) from about 5 up to about 21% by weight of said composition of n-octanal; (c) from about 30 up to about 80% by weight of said composition of n-nonanal; (d) from 0 up to about 40% by weight of said composition of n-decanal; (e) from 0 up to about 7% by weight of said composition of n-tetradecanal; (f) from about 7 up to about 12% by weight of said composition of n-heptanal; (g) from 0 up to about 12% by weight of said composition of n-undecanal; and (h) from 0 up to about 12% by weight of said composition of n-dodecanal. Particularly, on smoking the side stream is modified and masked. The smokey, phenolic, cresolic odor is covered and the aroma in the environment around the smoked cigarette is clean and slightly citrusy.