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Isoamyl Benzoate

CAS 94-46-2  ·  Synthetic  ·  Heart note  ·  Balsamic

Impact

4 of 10

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Resinous 46%Sweet 23%Green 15%Aldehydic 8%Fruity 8%
balsamic 62%leafy 15%sugary 8%waxy 8%tropical 8%

What does Isoamyl Benzoate smell like?

Sweet balsamic ester with a green, waxy edge and a soft fruity-tropical nuance underneath. Quiet and blending rather than characterful, with medium impact and mild fixative value. Used to give body and weight to ylang, jasmine and tuberose bases without pushing any note of its own forward.

sweetbalsamicgreenwaxyfruity

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What else is Isoamyl Benzoate called?

Isopentyl benzoate  ·  3-Methylbutyl benzoate  ·  Benzoic acid isoamyl ester

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What can replace Isoamyl Benzoate?

Computed, not collected from forums. A pair covers together what one cannot. The number is how much of this material's character a bottle carries, not a promise that it is the same thing.

  • cis-3-Hexenyl Salicylate
    carries Balsamic resinous, Balsamic sweet, Leafy green. Sugary sweet; Waxy aldehydic; Tropical fruity
    61%
  • cis-3-Hexenyl Salicylate 50% + alpha-Methylcinnamaldehyde 50%
    carries Balsamic resinous, Balsamic sweet, Leafy green, Sugary sweet. Waxy aldehydic; Tropical fruity; cis-3-Hexenyl Salicylate brings the Leafy green side (50%); alpha-Methylcinnamaldehyde brings the Cinnamon spicy side (50%)
    69%
  • Hexyl Benzoate 68% + Florex 32%
    carries Balsamic resinous, Balsamic sweet, Leafy green. Sugary sweet; Waxy aldehydic; Tropical fruity; Hexyl Benzoate brings the Balsamic resinous side (68%); Florex brings the Balsamic sweet side (32%)
    68%
  • Hexyl Benzoate 70% + Cinnamal 30%
    carries Balsamic resinous, Leafy green. Balsamic sweet; Sugary sweet; Waxy aldehydic; Tropical fruity; Hexyl Benzoate brings the Balsamic resinous side (70%); Cinnamal brings the Cinnamon spicy side (30%)
    67%
  • cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate 50% + alpha-Methylcinnamaldehyde 50%
    carries Balsamic resinous, Balsamic sweet, Leafy green, Sugary sweet. Waxy aldehydic; Tropical fruity; cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate brings the Leafy green side (50%); alpha-Methylcinnamaldehyde brings the Cinnamon spicy side (50%)
    67%

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Isoamyl Benzoate

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
5
Sub-categories under them
5
Impact, out of 10
4
Hours on a blotter
estimated from family and band
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
3
Constituent breakdown
not on file

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Described in words
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Impact rating out of 10
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Classified into an olfactive family
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Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
9,899 across 229 pairs
A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

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