Product Name

BENZYL ACETATE

Chemical Name: Phenylmethyl Acetate
CAS No.: 140-11-4

🟢 Difficulty: Beginner

⏳ Lasting: Medium

🌸 Note: Top / Heart

Description

Benzyl Acetate is a classic and highly versatile floral aroma chemical with a sweet, fresh, jasmine-like character and noticeable fruity nuances. Its odor is commonly described as jasmine, pear-like and slightly banana-like, giving it a bright and natural floral-fruity quality.

In perfumery, Benzyl Acetate is an important building block for jasmine, gardenia, ylang-ylang, tuberose, orange blossom and other white-floral accords. It provides floral volume and freshness while adding a soft fruity dimension that can make a floral composition feel more open and blooming. It is also widely used in soap and personal-care fragrances.

Benzyl Acetate is particularly useful for beginners because it can be incorporated into many different fragrance families. It can function as a recognizable jasmine component or as a supporting material that connects floral, fruity and fresh ingredients.

Odor Profile

• Sweet

• Jasmine-like

• Floral

• Fresh

• Fruity

• Pear-like

• Banana-like

• Soft

Recommended Formulation Level (Educational guideline only)

• Trace: 0.10–0.50%

• General use: 0.50–10.00%

• High-impact accords: 10.00–20.00%

These are formulation guidelines for perfumers and are not IFRA limits.

Works Well With

• Benzyl Alcohol

• Phenethyl Alcohol

• Hedione

• Linalool

• Linalyl Acetate

• Hydroxycitronellal

• Ylang Ylang Oil

• Jasmine materials

• Tuberose materials

• Orange Blossom materials

• Methyl Anthranilate

• Indole

Common Applications

• Fine Fragrance

• Attars

• Jasmine Accords

• Floral Fragrance

• Candles

• Soap

• Body Care

• Shampoo

• Home Fragrance

• Flavor Applications

Perfumers' Tip

Benzyl Acetate is one of the most useful materials for building jasmine and white-floral accords. Use it with Hedione, benzyl alcohol and indolic materials to create a fuller jasmine effect.

For a brighter fruity-floral direction, combine it with linalool, linalyl acetate and fruity esters. Its character can become quite noticeable at higher levels, so evaluate it within the complete formula rather than in isolation.