In short
Guavanate is Bedoukian Research's methyl (Z)-5-octenoate (FEMA 4165), a sweet tropical-fruit ester. Bedoukian recommends it for mango and other tropical fruit.
What Guavanate smells like
Bedoukian Research describes Guavanate as sweet and fruity with slightly woody notes and a creamy dry-down, for mango and other tropical fruit, and its flavour as exotic and musty with a tropical note characteristic of pink guava. JECFA, as published by PubChem, describes methyl (Z)-5-octenoate as a colourless liquid with a dairy, coconut aroma.
- Leading note
- Tropical fruit
- Clear facets
- Guava
- Supporting facets
- Creamy
- Faint facets
- Woody
- Character
- Sweet, diffusive
What makes Guavanate distinctive
A guava and mango ester with a creamy, dairy side.
Where the descriptions disagree: Bedoukian describes a sweet tropical fruit; JECFA describes a dairy, coconut aroma.
How Guavanate is used
Used in traces for a tropical, exotic top note in mango, guava and other fruit accords.
Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend); lift (adds diffusion and radiance, especially at the top).
How Guavanate differs from similar materials
- Ethyl Undecylenate
- Ethyl undecylenate is waxy and soapy with a cognac-like warmth; Guavanate is tropical, guava and mango.
- Tropifruit Givco 205
- Tropifruit Givco 205 is a whole, syrupy tropical-fruit base; Guavanate is a single ester, guava and mango with a creamy side.
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
A volatile top note; one perfumer found it unpleasant neat.
Identity and classification
- Type
- Aroma chemical
- Origin
- Synthetic
- Odour family
- Fruity
- Note position
- Top note
- Physical form at room temperature
- Liquid
- Also known as
- Methyl (Z)-5-octenoate, Methyl cis-5-octenoate
- CAS number
- 41654-15-3
- Molecular formula
- C9H16O2
- Molecular weight
- 156.22 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- methyl (Z)-oct-5-enoate
The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 6914062, 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 report it as not meeting the GHS hazard criteria (89 of 90 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
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Paradisamide
Aroma chemical · Fruity / Citrus — guava, grapefruit, rhubarb, cassis
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Isopropyl 2-Methylbutyrate
Aroma chemical · Fruity / Green — fruity, green, pineapple, pear
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gamma-Decalactone
Aroma chemical · Fruity / Gourmand — peach, fruity, creamy
Guavanate is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Tropifruit Givco 205.
Used in formulas and accords
Used in 4 published formulas
Guavanate is an ingredient in 2 perfume formulas and 2 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.
Community formulas
RUŌOD House Originals
Original compositions by RUŌOD House.
Further reading
Questions about Guavanate
Is Guavanate natural or synthetic?
Guavanate is synthetic — it is made by chemical synthesis.
What is the CAS number of Guavanate?
41654-15-3. It was checked against PubChem on 24 October 2026.
Which published formulas use Guavanate?
Guavanate is used in 4 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Aperol Spritz Accord, Guava Monsoon and Mezcal Accord. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.
Sources
- PubChem — compound 6914062, checked 24 October 2026.
- PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
- Bedoukian Research — Guavanate — manufacturer's description.
- PubChem — Methyl 5-octenoate, (5Z)- (CID 6914062): JECFA organoleptic description — 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.