Benzyl phenylacetate

At a glance

A sweet, honeyed, faintly floral ester with a soft, warm character used in honey accords and to round out floral-gourmand blends. It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
⚗️ Synthetic
Origin
synthetic production
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
Chemical family
Ester
CAS number
102-16-9
Profile
sweet, floral, slightly fruity
IFRA status
Not restricted
● drafted · last checked 2026-09-01