A soft, fatty-waxy ester with a mild fruity nuance reminiscent of unripe pear or apple skin over an oily, slightly green backdrop. Low-key and diffusive rather than bright, it adds a creamy, natural-feeling roundness to fruity and floral accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 69.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and essential oils, poorly soluble in propylene glycol.
Oily-winey, brandy-like odor with mild fruity undertones.
Brandy-Rum-like taste in extreme dilution, otherwise fatty-oily, also reminiscent of hazelnut and coconut.
Finds some use in perfumery in substitutes for natural Cognac oil.
This ester finds some use in flavor compositions for imitation apple, arak, brandy, rum, quince, pear, etc., usually applied in mere traces. Accompanied by esters of lower alifatic acids, it lends richness and power to these as an interesting modifier.
Produced by direct esterification of iso-Amyl alcohol with Decanoic acid under azeotropic conditions.