A soft, honeyed vetiver derivative — the smoky, earthy roughness of vetiver oil is smoothed and sweetened by the phenylacetate ester, giving a rounded rooty-woody character with a warm honey-floral facet. Less pungent than raw vetiver, with a subtle powdery balsamic drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1384.
Pale straw-colored or pale amber-colored, viscous liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Musty-sweet, mildly fruity and discretely woody-rosy odor of outstanding tenacity.
The title ester, although very rare, is perhaps the second-most used Vetiveryl ester, after the Acetate. It finds some use as a base or undertone in Chypres, Oriental fragrances with Opopanax and Myrrh, Olibanum, etc. and it forms an interesting companion to Sandalwood and Patchouli, Geranium, Ionones, etc.
Produced from purified Vetiverol and Phenyl-acetyl chloride.