Benzyl benzoate

At a glance

A sweet, faintly balsamic, almost odorless fixative and solvent widely used to carry and stabilize other fragrance materials. It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
โš—๏ธ Synthetic
Origin
synthetic production
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
Chemical family
Ester
CAS number
120-51-4
Profile
balsamic, sweet, slightly spicy
IFRA status
Restricted, concentration limits under IFRA standards (listed as "Benzyl benzoate", CAS 120-51-4)
โ— drafted ยท last checked 2026-08-26