Synthetics
Diethyl succinate smells like a slightly fruity and sweet ester with a subtle, buttery note.
Luebke, William tgsc, (1994): Mild fruity cooked apple ylang
Pell Wall Perfumes: Wine, fruity-apple, stewed fruit, ylang. substantive
Arctander describes it as “faint, pleasant odor, remotely winey-ethereal. the odor type is somewhat similar to that of ethyl benzoate, but of much less power.” he goes on to tell us it: “finds some use as a solvent-fixative in perfumery.”