Benzyl Formate (Symrise®)
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Short profile
Jasmine-like florality is accompanied by a crisp fruit character, with green-apple nuances and a sharp, ethereal freshness. Its texture is light rather than full-bodied, and it is described as more volatile than benzyl acetate. The neat material can smell technical, whereas incorporation into a composition brings out its lively opening character. The supplier rates odour strength at 5/10 and presence within a blend at 4/10; it describes the prominent top-note effect as lasting roughly twenty minutes. A separate blotter substantivity figure of eight hours is given, but the character of the later heart and dry-down is not described.
Effect in a formula
Use it to give floral compositions an early fruit-and-green lift, particularly in jasmine, white-flower and fruity-floral structures. Alongside benzyl acetate, it reduces the impression of floral weight and introduces a lighter opening ahead of the main heart accord.
Use and dosage
The supplier suggests 0.5–5% of the fragrance concentrate for jasmine and white-flower accords or fruity-floral openings. It separately gives 0.1–2% in the finished fragrance; these percentages refer to a different formulation basis and should not be confused with concentrate levels. These are formulation recommendations, not IFRA limits.
No confirmed manufacturer use level for this exact product.
Behaviour and performance
- Tenacity
- The page reports 8 hours of blotter substantivity, attributed to TGSC, without specifying dilution or other test conditions. Its laboratory commentary separately places the prominent top-note contribution at about 20 minutes; this is not presented as the blotter endpoint.
Diffusion, tenacity and note impact are not combined into a single performance score.
Good areas of use
Dissolving and diluting
- Solvents
- Water-insoluble, with solubility reported in oils and organic solvents. Ethanol, DPG and IPM are specifically reported to produce clear solutions readily. Solubility does not imply aqueous stability: the supplier warns of hydrolysis in water-containing alcohol and of rapid decomposition in aqueous or alkaline systems.
- Working dilution
- Prepare a 10% working solution in ethanol for formulation work, and evaluate the odour at 1%. DPG and IPM are also listed as suitable solvents, although the page does not assign a separate dilution strength to either.
- Appearance
- Liquid, with no visible colour reported.