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Datilat

Aroma chemical · Fruity / Green

fig, dried fruit, raisin, brandy, green — top to heart note.

Aroma illustration for Datilat: dark dried fruit and green leaves, for its dried fruit and green notes. It illustrates smell associations, not the material or its source.Skeletal formula of Datilat (Fig crotonate), C12H20O2, drawn from PubChem's 2D record. Stereochemistry is not shown.
Aroma View: an illustration of what Datilat smells like (dried fruit, green), drawn by RUŌOD Lab — not its appearance or its source.Skeletal formula drawn by RUŌOD Lab from PubChem's 2D record (CID 107073). Stereochemistry is not shown; the coloured background is decoration.
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By the RUŌOD Lab TeamRevision 1Updated

In short

Datilat is Symrise's fig crotonate, 1-cyclohexylethyl crotonate. It gives a fruity note of figs, raisins, dates and prunes with a brandy-like warmth.

What Datilat smells like

Symrise, as quoted by The Good Scents Company, describes Datilat as fruity, reminiscent of figs, raisins, dates, grapes, prunes and brandy. Fraterworks finds a waxy, dense dried-fruit note with brandy-like warmth and a green fig-leaf undertone; Hekserij notes it is not especially strong and is used mainly as a top to middle note in fruit accords, typically 0.1-5%.

Leading note
Dried fruit
Clear facets
Fig
Supporting facets
Brandy, green fig leaf
Character
Waxy, warm
  • fig
  • dried fruit
  • raisin
  • brandy
  • green

What makes Datilat distinctive

Fig as dried fruit, with brandy, rather than as a green leaf.

Where the descriptions disagree: One retailer describes a fig-leaf green with a creamy coconut undertone; the others describe dried fruit and brandy.

How Datilat is used

Hekserij gives 0.1-5% in fruit accords; it is stable in most products, soap included.

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

How Datilat differs from similar materials

Fruit Sec
Fruit Sec is a plum-apricot dried-fruit base; Datilat is a single molecule leaning to fig and raisin, with brandy and a green edge.

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
Synthetic
Odour family
Fruity / Green
Note position
Top to heart note
Physical form at room temperature
Liquid
Also known as
Fig crotonate, 1-Cyclohexylethyl (E)-but-2-enoate
CAS number
68039-69-0
Molecular formula
C12H20O2
Molecular weight
196.29 g/mol
IUPAC name
1-cyclohexylethyl but-2-enoate

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 107073, 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 (293 reports): H317 may cause an allergic skin reaction (18.8% of reports). 238 of the reports find it does not meet the hazard criteria. 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

Datilat is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Fruit Sec.

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 6 published formulas

Datilat is an ingredient in 4 perfume formulas and 2 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.

Community formulas

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

Further reading

Questions about Datilat

Is Datilat natural or synthetic?

Datilat is synthetic — it is made by chemical synthesis.

What is the CAS number of Datilat?

68039-69-0. It was checked against PubChem on 24 October 2026.

Which published formulas use Datilat?

Datilat is used in 6 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Dark Rum Cabinet, Dried Fruits Accord and Dune Spice Market. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.

Sources

Your own records, next to the reference

Keep your own record of Datilat — supplier, cost, stock, dilutions and where it is used — in RUŌOD Lab's material library.

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