Eugenyl Acetate

What Eugenyl Acetate smells like

Eugenyl acetate is a milder, sweeter clove. The Good Scents Company lists fresh, sweet, woody, clove, floral, carnation, malt and spice; Arctander, as quoted, notes its floralness in carnation accords. In clove bud oil it is credited with a softer, sweeter, almost fruity warmth, but the authoritative descriptor lists name no fruit. It occurs mainly in clove bud oil.

Leading note

Sweet mild clove

Supporting facets

Floral, carnation, woody

Faint facets

Malty

Character

Soft, sweet, warm

• clove
• spicy
• sweet
• fruity

What makes Eugenyl Acetate distinctive

Clove with the medicine taken out: sweeter, softer and more floral than eugenol.

Where the descriptions disagree: Some sources call it fruity; The Good Scents Company's descriptors name no fruit.

How Eugenyl Acetate is used

Used in carnation, spicy floral and oriental compositions, and in clove flavours.

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

How Eugenyl Acetate differs from similar materials

Eugenol

Eugenol is the sharper, more medicinal clove; eugenyl acetate is milder and sweeter, with floral and carnation facets.

Clove Bud Oil*

Clove bud oil owes part of its sweetness to eugenyl acetate; the oil is still mostly eugenol. (compared directly by a cited source)

Isoeugenyl Acetate

Isoeugenyl acetate is more balsamic and fruity, with rose and vanilla; eugenyl acetate is a fresher, sweeter clove.

An asterisk marks a difference that a cited source states directly. The others compare the published descriptions of each material. Smell varies with grade, supplier and dilution; compare them side by side on blotters before substituting one for another.

Formulation considerations

Melts close to room temperature; warm gently before weighing.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Occurs in nature

Odour family

Spicy / Fruity

Note position

Heart note

Physical form at room temperature

Solid. A fused solid that melts at warm room temperature, 30–31 °C, to a pale yellow liquid (JECFA, as PubChem publishes it).

Also known as

Eugenol acetate, Acetyl eugenol

CAS number

93-28-7

Molecular formula

C12H14O3

Molecular weight

206.24 g/mol

IUPAC name

(2-methoxy-4-prop-2-enylphenyl) acetate

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 7136, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 19 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 (1,671 reports): H302 harmful if swallowed (100% of reports). 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

• Eugenol

  Aroma chemical · Spicy / Floral — clove, spicy, warm

• Clove Bud Oil

  Essential oil · Spicy / Floral — clove, spicy, warm, sweet

• Isoeugenyl Acetate

  Aroma chemical · Spicy / Floral — carnation, spicy, balsamic, sweet

• Cinnamaldehyde

  Aroma chemical · Spicy / Gourmand — cinnamon, spicy, sweet, hot

Eugenyl Acetate is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Clove Leaf Oil.

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 1 published formula

Eugenyl Acetate is an ingredient in 1 perfume formula in the Formula & Accord Library.

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Apple Cellar

  RUŌOD House Original

Further reading

• Spicy Notes in Perfumery: Warm and Fresh Spices

  Warm and fresh spice materials, their key constituents, why cinnamon and clove are closely restricted, and how to build warmth within the limits.

Questions about Eugenyl Acetate

Sources

• PubChem — compound 7136, checked 19 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• The Good Scents Company — clove odour category (eugenyl acetate) — odour database.
• Premiere Peau — Cloves — published perfumery reference.
• 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.