Allyl Phenoxyacetate

What Allyl Phenoxyacetate smells like

Allyl phenoxyacetate is a strong, sweet material in which pineapple is joined by honey. Symrise describes it as green, sweet and herbal-fruity, reminiscent of chamomile, with nuances of honey, galbanum and pineapple; Pell Wall Perfumes lists sweet, fresh, honey, pineapple and chamomile, with a hint of cocoa. The descriptions agree on three threads — a honeyed sweetness, a green herbal chamomile tone and a pineapple fruitiness — and none of them clearly leads.

Leading note

No single note leads in the published descriptions

Clear facets

Honey, chamomile, pineapple

Supporting facets

Green, galbanum-like

Faint facets

Cocoa

Character

Sweet, green, herbal

• pineapple
• honey
• green
• fruity

What makes Allyl Phenoxyacetate distinctive

Honey. Several allyl esters smell of pineapple and some of chamomile, but allyl phenoxyacetate is the one whose descriptions consistently add a honeyed sweetness, which is why it is mentioned for honey and chocolate accords rather than only for fruit.

Where the descriptions disagree: On how widely it is used: one reference compilation says it is rarely used in perfumery outside honey bases, while suppliers present it as a working fruity-honey material.

How Allyl Phenoxyacetate is used

Used in traces for honey, pineapple and fruity-green effects; Pell Wall Perfumes notes that it is also useful in chocolate accords. It is a flavour material as well, for candy and beverages.

Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).

How Allyl Phenoxyacetate differs from similar materials

Allyl Amyl Glycolate

Allyl amyl glycolate is the sharper, more metallic galbanum-pineapple; allyl phenoxyacetate softens a similar green-fruity pairing with honey and chamomile.

Allyl Cyclohexylpropionate

Allyl cyclohexylpropionate is the cleaner, smoother pineapple; allyl phenoxyacetate is honeyed and more herbal.

Each difference compares the published descriptions of the two materials. Smell varies with grade, supplier and dilution; compare them side by side on blotters before substituting one for another.

Formulation considerations

Allyl esters must meet IFRA's specification on free allyl alcohol, and this material has its own IFRA Standard. Check both.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Fruity / Green

Note position

Heart note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

Allyl 2-phenoxyacetate

CAS number

7493-74-5

Molecular formula

C11H12O3

Molecular weight

192.21 g/mol

IUPAC name

prop-2-enyl 2-phenoxyacetate

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 24117, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 19 October 2026.

Safety and compliance

The IFRA Standards Library lists Standards covering Allyl Phenoxyacetate:

• "Allyl phenoxyacetate" — type not stated in the library listing, 49th Amendment, published 2020-01
• "Allyl esters" — Specification, 44th Amendment, published 2009-01

Limits differ by product category and are set out in the Standard itself; this page does not reproduce them. The list above reflects the library as read on 19 October 2026.

Hazard classification of the neat substance, as PubChem summarises it, read 26 October 2026. Companies notifying the ECHA C&L Inventory classify it (1,578 reports): H302 harmful if swallowed (100% of reports); H312 harmful in contact with skin (96.4% of reports); H317 may cause an allergic skin reaction (95.2% of reports); H315 causes skin irritation (93.6% of reports). A skin sensitiser classification concerns handling the neat material and the dose in a finished product; the IFRA Standards, where they apply, set the limits. Unless it is harmonised, this is the notifiers' own classification, not a binding one.

This page is general information, not a safety assessment or a specification. Confirm identity, composition, IFRA status and allergen content from your supplier's documents for the lot you hold.

Materials it works with

• Galbanum Oil

  Essential oil · Green / Resinous — green, sharp, bitter, resinous

• Allyl Amyl Glycolate

  Aroma chemical · Green / Fruity — green, pineapple, galbanum, fruity

• Allyl Cyclohexylpropionate

  Aroma chemical · Fruity — pineapple, fruity, sweet, juicy

• Phenylacetic Acid

  Aroma chemical · Animalic / Gourmand — honey, animalic, sweet, waxy

Allyl Phenoxyacetate is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Cyclogalbanate.

Used in formulas and accords

Not currently used in any published formula.

The Formula & Accord Library lists Allyl Phenoxyacetate here as soon as a published formula, accord or base uses it.

Further reading

• Fruity Notes in Perfumery: Esters, Lactones and Ketones

  How fruit is built in perfumery from esters, lactones, ketones and sulfur materials, why 'C-14' is a lactone, dosage, stability and restrictions.

• Green Notes in Perfumery: Leaf, Galbanum and Violet Leaf

  The green palette — cis-3-hexenol, galbanum, violet leaf, styrallyl acetate — what green notes do, dosage, restrictions and pairings.

Questions about Allyl Phenoxyacetate

Sources

• PubChem — compound 24117, checked 19 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• IFRA — Standards Library, read 19 October 2026.
• Symrise — Allyl phenoxyacetate technical data, via SpecialChem — manufacturer's description.
• The Good Scents Company — allyl phenoxyacetate — odour database.
• Parchem — Allyl Phenoxy Acetate — distributor's description.
• ChemicalBook — allyl phenoxyacetate (CAS 7493-74-5) — odour database.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 20 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.