Ethyl Acetate

Aroma Chemicals

Ethyl Acetate

Delivers a bright, ethereal fruitiness with distinct grape and rum-like facets, accompanied by a characteristic solvent-like sharpness that becomes nauseating at high concentrations.

Aroma ChemicalTopCAS: 141-78-6

Odor Strength

High

Odor Type

Ethereal

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Ethyl Acetate in their compositions.

Accent

13 formulas

0.0%1.0%4.5%

Enhance

7 formulas

2.6%3.2%3.7%

Build

3 formulas

0.1%0.9%2.7%

Modulate

2 formulas

0.0%0.1%0.1%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Ethyl Acetate appears most often.

Complex Composition

6 formulas

0.1%2.9%4.5%

Fresh Citrus

5 formulas

0.1%1.1%2.6%

Floral Bouquet

4 formulas

0.0%0.3%1.0%

Oriental Amber

3 formulas

0.0%0.1%0.1%

TGSC Descriptions

Mosciano, Gerard P&F 19, No. 5, 79, (1994): Etherial, fruity, sweet, grape and rum-like

Luebke, William tgsc, (1983): Ethereal fruity sweet weedy green

Other Descriptions

Ethyl Acetate

Pell Wall Perfumes: Ethereal, fruity-grape, sweet, rum-like
Arctander describes the scent as “pleasant, ethereal-fntity, brandy-like odor, somewhat nauseating in high concentration.” and suggests it is used “to make a topnote smell aged’ or more rounded-alcoholic, or to give a lift’ to citrus notes or other light notes, etc.”