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Methyl Anthranilate

Aroma Chemicals

Methyl Anthranilate

Presents a distinctive grape-like fruitiness with pronounced orange blossom and neroli facets, creating a sweet, slightly powdery floral character.

Aroma ChemicalTopCAS: 134-20-3

Odor Strength

Medium

Odor Type

Fruity

Grape

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Methyl Anthranilate in their compositions.

Accent

30 formulas

0.0%1.0%3.7%

Enhance

14 formulas

1.0%4.9%12.5%

Build

10 formulas

0.2%11.3%48.0%

Modulate

8 formulas

0.1%0.1%0.1%

Bridge

4 formulas

0.5%0.5%0.5%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Methyl Anthranilate appears most often.

Floral Bouquet

16 formulas

0.0%3.8%48.0%

Fresh Citrus

10 formulas

0.0%1.0%2.6%

Complex Composition

6 formulas

0.2%7.1%26.8%

Oriental Amber

4 formulas

0.1%1.0%2.7%

Woody Aromatic

3 formulas

0.6%1.2%1.9%

TGSC Descriptions

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

Other Descriptions

Methyl Anthranilate

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.

Methyl Anthranilate molecular structure or representationimg: perfumersworld

Essential Specs

Odor Type:
Fruity
CAS #:
134-20-3
Odor Strength:
Medium
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