Amyl Salicylate

Fraterworks: When fougère royale launched as the first perfume with synthetics in 1889, it wasn't just coumarin that made it popular: it also contained amyl salicylate and a number of other synthetics.
Amyl salicylate is the classic orchid and clover synthetic. orchids are mostly (but not always) odourless and in the golden age of perfumery the master noses decided that if orchids had a smell, it would be this. accented with rose alcohols, anisic aldehyde and acetophenone, most classic bases relied on rather large doses. poucher has one such base in his formulary with a whopping 50% amyl salicylate though he preferred isobutyl salicylate if it were available.

Amyl Salicylate

Givaudan: Floral, sweet, herbaceous, balsamic
Amyl salicylate has a floral and sweet, herbaceous and balsamic character, with a greenish tone. it is extensively employed in florals and can be an important ingredient for fougeres.

Moellhausen: Sweet, camomile, curative, ethereal

PerfumersWorld: Sweet aromatic herbaceous hay chamomile mild-floral medicinal green woody-earthy

Pell Wall Perfumes: Herbal, floral-clover, azalea, green, sweet, chocolate, salicylate
Here is arctander on the odour and usage: “sweet herbaceous-green, slightly floral odor. very tenacious, somewhat woody-earthy, sweet dryout notes. refined qualities of this ester may show a marked difference in odor, particularly richer in sweetness and floral tones. … extensively used in floral and non-floral perfume types: very often in carnation, hyacinth, orchid, trefle, and almost inevitably in fougere types. its low cost and world-wide availability makes it one of the most important perfume chemicals.”