A sweet, fruity ester with a ripe apple and pear character, backed by a soft floral-balsamic undertone. Rounded and jammy rather than sharp, with mild green nuances that keep it from feeling cloying.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 152.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, poorly soluble in propylene glycol and glycerin, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, fruity-herbaceous odor with a slightly musky undertone, reminiscent of cured tobacco leaves.
Used in flavor compositions for imitation apple, apricot, banana, cherry, cheese, pineapple, raspberry, walnut, etc.
Sometimes used in perfume formulations for Oriental fragrance types — blends well with Opopanax in rose bases, fougeres, and in novelty type fragrances (tobacco-effect, etc.).
It is also suggested for use in tobacco flavors.
Produced by direct esterification of benzyl alcohol with iso-valeric acid under azeotropic conditions.