A soft, oily-fruity ester with a creamy floral undertone reminiscent of gardenia and tropical fruit skins. Slightly waxy and green in the drydown, with a mellow persistence typical of longer-chain benzyl esters.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 141.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Herbaceous-fruity odor, remotely reminiscent of the fruity notes in Clary Sage or certain types of Lavender.
Finds some use in flavor compositions, mainly for Apricot and Peach imitations.
Occasionally used in perfumery as a modifier in herbaceous fragrance types (Fougeres, etc.) or in novelty types. It may emphasize the freshness of Bergamot, Clary Sage or Lavender when used in such combination.
Produced from Benzyl alcohol and Heptanoic acid by direct esterification under azeotropic conditions.