A soft, slightly camphoraceous woody-balsamic material with a powdery-sweet benzoin facet. Fenchyl benzoate has a rounded, resinous character reminiscent of dry woods and mild balsam, with a subtle terpenic lift from the fenchyl portion. Useful as a soft fixative that adds warmth and body without dominating.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 569.
Colorless viscous oil.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with most oils.
This rare ester finds a little use in perfumery as a fixative in Pine and woody fragrance types, in certain Fougére types and low-cost Oriental fragrances.
This rare ester finds a little use in perfumery as a fixative in Pine and woody fragrance types, in certain Fougére types and low-cost Oriental fragrances.
Produced directly from Pinene with Benzoic acid under certain catalytic conditions and at elevated temperature (150° C.).