Benzyl Propionate
Used in 7 formulas
About this material
Benzyl propionate opens with a burst of ripe, juicy fruit—banana, pineapple, and pear tumbling over one another in a bright, sweet rush. Beneath the fruit salad, a clear jasmine-floral quality anchors the scent and stops it reading as purely edible. The overall impression is cheerful, sweet, and immediately appealing. This ester outperforms benzyl acetate when you want a pronounced fruity-tutti-frutti effect in a composition. It works beautifully in jasmine accords where you want the flowers to feel lush and tropical rather than austere. Add it to oriental and amber bases for fruity warmth, or use it in red and yellow fruit reconstructions—strawberry, apricot, plum, and grape all benefit fro… — Fraterworks
Usage in formulas
The 509th most used material of 1414 in the catalogue, present in 7 of 806 formulas. A signature material: whoever uses it means to.
Where it actually lives
The share of each family's formulas that contain it. Not how often it appears, but how indispensable it is inside that family.
- Floral Fruityin 8% of 38 formulas
- Woody Chyprein 6% of 17 formulas
- Oriental Floralin 3% of 32 formulas
- Floralin 2% of 50 formulas
