Synthetics
Methyl anthranilate smells like a sweet, fruity blend of grape, orange blossom, and tangerine with a dry floral muskiness reminiscent of concord grapes.
Mosciano, Gerard P&F 18, No. 2, 38, (1993): Fruity, concord grape, musty with a floral powdery nuance
Luebke, William tgsc, (1982): Fruity grape orangeflower neroli
PerfumersWorld: Grape orangeflower neroli orangeflower sweet fruity tangerine grape-note musty-fruity
Blends-well-with - +atractylis +cangerana +orangeflower +petitgrain +nonanal dimethyl acetal anisaldehyde citrus-notes gums
Pell Wall Perfumes: Dry, floral-neroli, grapes, orangeblossom. tenacious
Arctander says of it: “this ester is widely used in perfume compositions as a sweet-floral orangeblossom-type ingredient. often applied in combination with petitgrain oil, it supplies much of the background in cashmere bouquet type fragrances and other oriental, heavy floral or sweet-woody types.” he goes on to point out that methyl anthranilate produces “condensation products with various aldehydes (schiff’s bases) or with acetophenone, musk ketone, ionones, etc. are often utilized in perfume compositions. it should therefore be kept in mind that when methyl anthranilate is used in compositions with one or more of the named (or other) aldehydes and ketones, there is a good chance of chemical processes taking place in the perfume oil.