Benzyl Benzoate (BB)

Solvent

Benzyl Benzoate (BB)

Benzyl benzoate has a very mild sweet-balsamic, slightly floral odor, mainly serving as a fixative that adds smoothness and longevity.

Aroma ChemicalSolventCAS: 120-51-4

Odor Strength

Low

Odor Type

Balsamic

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Benzyl Benzoate (BB) in their compositions.

Support

46 formulas

1.0%13.6%66.9%

Blend

36 formulas

2.4%9.2%22.9%

Modulate

9 formulas

0.2%0.4%0.7%

Build

5 formulas

5.3%7.2%9.0%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Benzyl Benzoate (BB) appears most often.

Floral Bouquet

16 formulas

0.2%17.6%66.9%

Complex Composition

15 formulas

1.8%9.5%30.3%

Fresh Citrus

7 formulas

1.0%7.5%20.8%

Oriental Amber

5 formulas

0.7%4.8%13.0%

Woody Aromatic

5 formulas

1.7%8.3%12.1%

TGSC Descriptions

Mosciano, Gerard P&F 15, No. 4, 59, (1990): Sweet balsamic floral with fruity nuances

Luebke, William tgsc, (1982): Faint sweet balsam oily herbal

Other Descriptions

Benzyl Benzoate

Moellhausen: Aromatic, balsamic, powder

PerfumersWorld: Faint sweet balsamic oily herbal very-mild oily-aromatic balsamic narcotic

Taytonn ASCC: Almond, balsamic, herbal/ herbaceous, light, oily, sweet

Pell Wall Perfumes: Mild, solvent, balsamic
Arctander suggests some wider uses: “a classic fixative-blender and solvent in perfumes. also a modifier in heavier florals, oriental type fragrances, etc., tuberose, yiang- ylang, lily, gardenia, etc. largely substituted by benzyl salicylate when a faint odor is desirable. as a solvent for nitromusks, benzyl benzoate cannot compete with dlethyl phthalate in cost, and the practise of keeping nitromusks in solution on the perfumers shelf is, in the author’s opinion, outdated.”