A soft, fruity-floral ester with a rosy-neroli character reminiscent of neryl acetate but rounder and slightly greener. Opens with a fresh pear-like fruitiness over a waxy petal note, drying down to a gentle green-floral nuance.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1007.
Colorless liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very delicate, refreshingly floral-sweet and warm odor of moderate to good tenacity.
Used in flavor compositions for sweetness in Citrus flavors and fruit complexes.
This ester finds limited use in fragrance compositions where it may lend richness (“body”) and deep sweetness to Citrus or light floral bases, Rose and novelty types. As a variant in Honeysuckle, Gardenia, etc.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of Nerol with iso-Butyric acid or by ordinary esterification with iso-Butyric anhydride.