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BENZYL ETHYL BUTYROLACTONE

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

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Compatibility tags
white-floralmusk-accordpowderygourmandmodern-chypre
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
balsamicsweet

A soft, musky-floral lactone with a creamy, powdery character reminiscent of Serenolide or Habanolide-adjacent musks blended with a lactonic floral facet. Warm, slightly sweet and skin-like, with a rounded, diffusive powder-floral drydown that lingers close to the skin.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
7 / 10
Volatility
3 / 10
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chemicals · No. 309

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 138.

tenacity · high
sweetbalsamic
MW
182.27
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Appearance

Colorless or pale straw-colored oily liquid.

Solubility

Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with oils.

Odor

Sweet balsamic and very tenacious odor.

Uses in perfumery

This lactone could possibly find use as a fixative in heavy floral fragrance types, including those where Ylang-Ylang is employed.

Production

Produced from (several methods) e.g from Benzyl ethyl ethylene oxide with sodio-malonic ester.

Identity
Aliases · 1
Ethyl benzyl-gamma-butyrolactone
Compliance note. Restriction data is sourced directly from IFRA publications and preserved with its document excerpt. Perfume Foundry is a compliance-support tool — not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor (CPSR / PIF).