Isoamyl Phenyl Acetate
Used in 2 formulas
About this material
At full strength isoamyl phenyl acetate smells primarily of fresh cocoa beans — dark, warm, and unmistakable. Dilute it and the honeyed-rose and beeswax facets open up, alongside a faintly animalic, castoreum-like depth that gives this material real complexity. The range is impressive: chocolate, honey, rose, and animalic warmth from a single material. That cocoa character is its most celebrated quality. Combined with vanillin or ethyl vanillin, it produces convincing chocolate accords — one of the classic pairings in perfumery. But it works equally well in honey and beeswax compositions, where its floral-animalic side contributes naturalness. In warm floral bouquets, a trace brings a dark, … — Fraterworks
Usage in formulas
The 792nd most used material of 1414 in the catalogue, present in 2 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.
- Oriental Floralin 3% of 32 formulas
