Methyl acetate is a very light, highly volatile ester with a sweet, fruity, slightly ethereal odor reminiscent of pear-drops and nail-polish remover. It flashes off almost immediately, leaving little behind, and reads more as a solvent than a nuanced fragrance material.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 329.
Pronounced fruity and somewhat floral (Jasmin) odor
Finds use in perfume compositions for its fruity notes in lipstick compositions and in low-cost floral fragrances
Produced by azeotropic esterification of Cyclohexyl Methylalcohol with Acetic acid