Isoeugenyl Acetate

What Isoeugenyl Acetate smells like

Isoeugenyl acetate is fruity-balsamic, warm and faintly spicy, somewhat clove-like, with rosy floral notes and vanilla-like sweetness, in Arctander's description as quoted in patents. Supplier listings add powdery, floral and carnation; a vendor describes a blend of powdery carnation with a warm balsamic and woody background. A glossary finds it softer and slower than isoeugenol.

Leading note

Balsamic carnation

Supporting facets

Fruity, rose, vanilla

Faint facets

Faint clove

Character

Soft, warm, powdery

• carnation
• spicy
• balsamic
• sweet

What makes Isoeugenyl Acetate distinctive

A slower, sweeter carnation: balsamic and powdery, with rose and vanilla where isoeugenol is spicy.

How Isoeugenyl Acetate is used

Used in carnation, rose and oriental compositions as a softer alternative to isoeugenol.

Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend); fixative (slow to evaporate; helps a blend last and holds lighter notes).

How Isoeugenyl Acetate differs from similar materials

Isoeugenol*

Isoeugenol is the spicier, more potent carnation; the acetate is softer, slower and more balsamic. (compared directly by a cited source)

Eugenyl Acetate

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

Benzyl Isoeugenol

Benzyl isoeugenol is fainter, a rose-carnation fixative; the acetate is a clearer, fruity-balsamic carnation.

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

Covered by an IFRA Standard; check the limit for your product category.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Spicy / Floral

Note position

Heart to base note

Physical form at room temperature

Solid

Also known as

Acetyl isoeugenol

CAS number

93-29-8

Molecular formula

C12H14O3

Molecular weight

206.24 g/mol

IUPAC name

(2-methoxy-4-prop-1-enylphenyl) acetate

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 7137, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 19 October 2026.

Safety and compliance

The IFRA Standards Library lists a Standard covering Isoeugenyl Acetate:

• "Isoeugenyl acetate" — Restriction, 51st Amendment, published 2023-06

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 report it as not meeting the GHS hazard criteria (1,584 of 1,647 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

• Isoeugenol

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

• Eugenol

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

• Methyl Isoeugenol

  Aroma chemical · Spicy / Floral — clove, carnation, sweet, mild

• Rose Oil (Rosa damascena)

  Essential oil · Floral / Fruity — rose, honeyed, spicy, fresh

Isoeugenyl Acetate is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Benzyl Isoeugenol and Eugenyl Acetate.

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 2 published formulas

Isoeugenyl Acetate is an ingredient in 1 perfume formula and 1 accord in the Formula & Accord Library.

Community formulas

• Carnation Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Red Carnation Engine

  RUŌOD House Original · listed as “Isoeugenyl Acetate 10% DPG”, at 10% in DPG

Further reading

• How to Make a Carnation Accord

  Building carnation from eugenol, isoeugenol, rose materials and benzyl salicylate: an illustrative accord, balancing, IFRA and EU allergen limits, and records.

• 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 Isoeugenyl Acetate

Sources

• PubChem — compound 7137, 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.
• US4512919 — isobutyric ester patent (quoting Arctander) — published literature.
• Parchem — isoeugenyl acetate — distributor's description.
• Scent.vn — Isoeugenyl acetate — distributor's description.
• 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.