Jessemal

What Jessemal smells like

Fraterworks describes Jessemal (IFF) as rich, creamy and unmistakably jasmine, with a lactonic smoothness like actual petals and a subtle, almost celery-like herbaceous note, the creamy and longest-lasting end of the jasmine pyran family, where Jasmal is the green, herbaceous and mushroomy end. ChemicalBook describes it as a colourless oily liquid with a floral, jasmine-type odour.

Leading note

Creamy jasmine

Supporting facets

Lactonic

Faint facets

Celery

Character

Rich, stable

• jasmine
• creamy
• lactonic
• petal
• celery

What makes Jessemal distinctive

The creamy, longest-lasting end of the jasmine pyrans, against Jasmal's green, herbaceous end.

How Jessemal is used

Used to give body to jasmine, tuberose and white-floral hearts, with indole, Hedione and benzyl acetate.

Typical role: backbone (used in large proportions as a structural material of an accord); modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).

How Jessemal differs from similar materials

Cremefleur

Cremefleur is the milkier, more buttery jasmine, half dairy; Jessemal's creaminess is lactonic and petal-like, with a herbal celery nuance.

Tuberolide

Tuberolide is the lactone of tuberose, coconut-waxy with plum; Jessemal is jasmine first, creamy but floral.

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

Related to Jasmal (18871-14-2), the green, mushroomy member of the same family; they are different products and are not interchangeable.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Floral

Note position

Heart note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

3-Butyl-5-methyltetrahydropyran-4-yl acetate

CAS number

38285-49-3

Molecular formula

C12H22O3

Molecular weight

214.3 g/mol

IUPAC name

(3-butyl-5-methyloxan-4-yl) acetate

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 161960, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 25 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 (1,581 reports): H412 harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects (84.9% of reports). 239 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

• Jasmal

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Fruity — jasmine, herbal, tea, floral

• Hedione

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Citrus — jasmine, transparent, citrus, airy

• Indole

  Aroma chemical · Animalic / Floral — animalic, indolic, floral, narcotic

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 2 published formulas

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

Community formulas

• Jasmine Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Magnolia Cartography

  RUŌOD House Original

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 Jessemal

Sources

• PubChem — compound 161960, checked 25 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• Fraterworks — Jessemal — distributor's description.
• PubChem — 5-methyl-3-butyltetrahydropyran-4-yl acetate (CID 161960) — odour database.
• ChemicalBook — Tepyl acetate (Jessemal, CAS 38285-49-3) — 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.