Ethyl stearate is a very mild, waxy-fatty ester with a faint soapy character. On a blotter it reads as almost odorless at low levels, adding a soft, oily-creamy background rather than a distinct top note. Primarily used as a fixative or emollient carrier rather than for its own scent.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 551.
Solid crystalline mass
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with most oils.
Virtually odorless when pure.
Very faint waxy taste (or rather mouthfeel).
This ester is occasionally used in flavor compositions where a waxy taste (or mouthfeel) is desirable, e.g. in imitation honey or in certain types of chocolate flavor.
Produced by esterification of ethanol with stearic acid. The acid is obtained from oleic acid by hydrogenation, a method which yields comparatively pure stearic acid, free from palmitic acid.