A soft, waxy-floral ester with a rosy, slightly honeyed character reminiscent of phenylethyl alcohol but rounder and more fatty. Underlying fruity nuances (apricot, plum skin) emerge, with a mild green edge on dry-down.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1105.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Mild, oily-citrusy-fruity odor of orange character but with distinctly earthy-herbaceous notes, almost fungoid.
This ester is occasionally used in perfume compositions, where it can blend very attractively in lavender and bergamot, while in floral fragrance types, it has a mellowing effect.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of phenylethyl alcohol with heptanoic acid.