Pell Wall Perfumes: Green-leafy, gardenia, rhubarb, metalic, musty
Arctander gives some very useful clues on how best to use it: “it is conventionally classified as a gardenia-green material, but its odor is typical only of certain stages of maturity of the gardenia flower, and only of certain species. however, the ester finds use in numerous fragrance types,mostly those including fruity and green notes, and it plays an important role in top-note complexes including oakmoss, galbanum, allyl ionone, citrus oils, etc. in spite of its apparent harshness, it can be applied at comparatively high concentration, often exceeding 2 or 3%. if benzylacetate and citrus oils are present, the level of the title ester can be still higher. care should be taken in evaluating the effect of this material too quickly, it will characteristically mellow-in’ the perfume composition very perceptibly after 24 hours, often more in several days or so. smaller amounts are used in lilac, hyacinth, tuberose, muguet, etc.”

Styrallyl Acetate

Fraterworks: Styrallyl acetate (or gardenol) is a green top note with a very distinctive odour that separates it from the rest of the family. vaguely smelling like facets of gardenia, but mostly like a very strong fruity green chemical of low tenacity, styrallyl acetate is surprisingly easy to blend and works well with galbanum (and related chemicals like neobutenone alpha) and other fruity top notes like allyl amyl glycolate.
In our opinion, no blend yet surpasses the wonderfully creative accord of 2:1 styrallyl acetate and citronella oil featured as the top note of ma griffe by jean carles for carven in 1946.
Styrallyl acetate is an essential material for perfumers.