Sakura Salicylate

What Sakura Salicylate smells like

The Good Scents Company describes sakura salicylate as floral, cherry blossom, sweet, mild and balsamic, used as a substitute for benzyl salicylate. Fraterworks finds soft pink petals, sweet and powdery with a faint berry nuance; Premiere Peau notes a soft, floral-powdery, almost aqueous quality and says the cherry-blossom reference is abstract rather than literal.

Leading note

Soft floral

Clear facets

Cherry blossom

Supporting facets

Powdery, balsamic

Faint facets

Berry

Character

Mild, soft

• floral
• cherry blossom
• sweet
• balsamic
• powdery

What makes Sakura Salicylate distinctive

A gentle salicylate with an abstract cherry-blossom softness.

How Sakura Salicylate is used

Used as a soft floral-powdery blender, and as a substitute for benzyl salicylate.

Typical role: blender (smooths the joins between other materials).

How Sakura Salicylate differs from similar materials

Benzyl Salicylate*

The Good Scents Company presents sakura salicylate as a substitute for benzyl salicylate; it is described as softer and more powdery, with a cherry-blossom character. (compared directly by a cited source)

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.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Floral / Powdery

Note position

Heart to base note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

2-Isopropoxyethyl salicylate

CAS number

79915-74-5

Molecular formula

C12H16O4

Molecular weight

224.25 g/mol

IUPAC name

2-propan-2-yloxyethyl 2-hydroxybenzoate

The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 166517, 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 (250 reports): H302 harmful if swallowed (18% of reports); H317 may cause an allergic skin reaction (10.8% of reports). 205 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

• Benzyl Salicylate

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Powdery — balsamic, floral, faint, sweet

• Hedione

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

• Heliotropin

  Aroma chemical · Powdery / Gourmand — powdery, almond, vanilla, floral

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 2 published formulas

Sakura Salicylate is an ingredient in 2 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.

• Cherry Blossom Accord

  Community Formula · Accord · listed as “Sakura Salicylate (79915-74-5)”

• Lychee Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

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 Sakura Salicylate

Sources

• PubChem — compound 166517, checked 24 October 2026.
• PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
• The Good Scents Company — isopropoxyethyl salicylate — odour database.
• Fraterworks — Sakura Salicylate — distributor's description.
• Premiere Peau — Sakura Salicylate — published perfumery reference.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 24 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.