Synthetics
Cinnamyl alcohol smells like a sweet, warm, balsamic floral with a hint of cinnamon and hyacinth.
Mosciano, Gerard P&F 19, No. 6, 53, (1994): Cinnamon spice, floral, green and fermented with powdery balsamic nuances
Luebke, William tgsc, (1982): Sweet balsam hyacinth spicy green powdery cinnamic
Symrise: Sweet, balsamic, floral tending towards hyacinth
Moellhausen: Balsamic, sweet, aromatic, floreal, cinnamomum
PerfumersWorld: Sweet balsam hyacinth sweet-warm aromatic-floral balsamic slightly-spice-cinnamon
Blends-well-with - +melilot +estragon +peru +tolu +olibanum cinnamic alcohol balsams gums
Pell Wall Perfumes: Warm-balsamic, floral-hyacinth and rose, sweet, mild almonds
Arctander says this: “widely used in perfume compositions, including many low-cost floral fragrances, soap perfumes, etc. blends excellently with amylsalicylate, phenylethylalcohol, aromatic propionates, benzoates, etc. generally as a modifier-blender with fair tenacity and moderate fixative value.”