Amyl Benzoate

What Amyl Benzoate smells like

Fraterworks describes amyl benzoate as a soft fruity-floral material with balsamic nuances that works well as a general floraliser and blender, and suggests its fruity aspects for honeysuckle and sweet pea fantasy blends. The Good Scents Company lists n-pentyl benzoate as floral, green, musty, amber and balsamic, of medium strength, and quotes Ernesto Ventós's balsamic, mild and musky.

Leading note

Soft floral

Supporting facets

Fruity

Faint facets

Balsamic

Character

Soft

• floral
• fruity
• balsamic
• soft

What makes Amyl Benzoate distinctive

A soft fruity-floral blender with balsamic nuances, suited to honeysuckle and sweet-pea fantasy blends.

How Amyl Benzoate is used

Used as a general floraliser and blender, and in honeysuckle and sweet pea fantasy accords.

Typical role: blender (smooths the joins between other materials).

How Amyl Benzoate differs from similar materials

Anisyl Acetate

Anisyl acetate is fruitier, plum and lilac with a creamy coumarin-vanilla softness; amyl benzoate is a milder, balsamic fruity-floral blender with green and musky facets.

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.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Occurs in nature

Odour family

Floral / Fruity

Note position

Heart to base note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

Pentyl benzoate, n-Amyl benzoate

CAS number

2049-96-9

Molecular formula

C12H16O2

Molecular weight

192.25 g/mol

IUPAC name

pentyl benzoate

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 16296, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 24 October 2026.

Safety and compliance

Hazard classification of the neat substance, as PubChem summarises it, read 26 October 2026. Companies notifying the ECHA C&L Inventory classify it (276 reports): H411 toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects (14.1% of reports). 236 of the reports find it does not meet the hazard criteria. 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

• Hexyl Benzoate

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Green — woody, green, balsamic, faint

• Benzyl Salicylate

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Powdery — balsamic, floral, faint, sweet

• Isoamyl Salicylate

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Aromatic — herbal, floral, orchid, clover

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 2 published formulas

Amyl Benzoate is an ingredient in 2 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.

• Fig Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

• Vintage Amber Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

Further reading

• Perfume Materials by Odor Family: A Formulator's Palette Map

  Which materials build each odor family — citrus, floral, woody, amber, musk and more — their usual roles, what to watch for, and links to each in depth.

Questions about Amyl Benzoate

Sources

• PubChem — compound 16296, checked 24 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• Fraterworks — Amyl Benzoate — distributor's description.
• The Good Scents Company — amyl benzoate — odour database.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 26 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.