Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 130.
Colorless liquid.
Soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils.
Faint, nondescript odor, rather sweet, but varies considerably with the quality of the alcohol.
The taste (in water) is rather sharp, chemical, nondescript, and the impurities will usually show up very conspicuously in water solution of Benzyl alcohol.
Used in perfumery as a blender, in some florals quite extensively. Jasmin, Gardenia and Lilac may often be composed using Benzyl alcohol although this material is really dispensable in most cases.
Used frequently in flavor compositions: in imitation Blueberry, Cherry, Grape, Honey, Loganberry, Muscatel, Nut, Orange, Raspberry, Vanilla, Walnut, and in Floral type flavors, Fruity types, Liquor types, Rootbeer, Rose, Violet, etc.
Produced from Benzyl chloride and Potassium (or Sodium) carbonate.
| Category | Kind | Max % | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1 | Max % | 0.45% | — | DOC |
| Category 2 | Max % | 0.14% | — | DOC |
| Category 3 | Max % | 0.34% | — | DOC |
| Category 4 | Max % | 2.5% | — | DOC |
| Category 5A | Max % | 0.64% | — | DOC |
| Category 5B | Max % | 0.17% | — | DOC |
| Category 5C | Max % | 0.34% | — | DOC |
| Category 5D | Max % | 0.057% | — | DOC |
| Category 6 | Max % | 1.5% | — | DOC |
| Category 7A | Max % | 0.68% | — | DOC |
| Category 7B | Max % | 0.68% | — | DOC |
| Category 8 | Max % | 0.057% | — | DOC |
| Category 9 | Max % | 2.2% | — | DOC |
| Category 10A | Max % | 2.2% | — | DOC |
| Category 10B | Max % | 8.5% | — | DOC |
| Category 11A | Max % | 0.057% | — | DOC |
| Category 11B | Max % | 0.057% | — | DOC |
| Category 12 | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
Compliance-support only. Values resolved from the current IFRA corpus; each row cites the document excerpt it came from. Not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor.
Natural complex substances (NCSs) in which this material typically occurs.
| NCS | Botanical | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| Hyacinth Absolute | Hyacinthus orientalis L. | 40% |
| Jasmine sambac absolute | Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton | 8% |
| Jasmine officinale absolute | Jasminum officinale L. | 3% |
| Narcissus poeticus absolute | Narcissus poeticus L. | 2.8% |
| Cassie absolute | Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Willd. | 2.7% |
| Flouve Oil | Anthoxanthum odorantum L. | 2.1% |
| Styrax Oil | Liquidambar styraciflua L. | 1% |
| Peru Balsam | Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. pereirae (Royle) Harms | 0.9% |
| Tuberose Absolute | Poliantes tuberosa L. | 0.5% |
| Ylang, Ylang oil, terpene-free | Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. &Thomson oil (forma genuine Steenis) | 0.5% |
| Carnation Absolute | Dianthus caryophyllus L. | 0.2% |
| Tolu, balsam, extract | Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms. | 0.2% |
| Gardenia tahitensis oil | Gardenia tahitensis DC. | 0.1% |
| Cananga Oil | Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. &Thomson oil (forma genuine Steenis) | 0.1% |
| Violet Leaf Absolute | Viola odorata L. | 0.1% |
| Rose absolute | Rosa x damascena Mill. | 0.1% |
| Jasmine absolute (grandiflorum) | Jasminum grandiflorum L. | 0.1% |
| Cinnamon bark extract | Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume | 0.1% |
| Mimosa absolute | Acacia decurrens (Wendl.f.) Willd. | 0.05% |
| Rose oil | Rosa x damascena Mill. | 0.02% |