Ethyl Formate

CAS: 109-94-4

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CAS number
109-94-4
CAS (all sources)
109-94-4
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CAS (FraterWork)
109-94-4
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INCI name (FraterWork)
ETHYL FORMATE
IUPAC name (FraterWork)
Ethyl Formate
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Scent profile
Note type (FraterWork)
Top Note
Odour family (FraterWork)
Fruity
Odour profile (FraterWork)
Ethyl formate has a strong, ethereal-fruity aroma with a distinctive rum-like warmth, winey-cognac character, and a sharp, diffusive lift.
Longevity (FraterWork)
Lasts < 4 hours on a smelling strip.
Appearance (FraterWork)
Clear Liquid
Descriptions
Comment (FraterWork)
Ethyl formate hits you with an immediate ethereal flash—rum, ripe raspberry, and fermented fruit all at once. A winey, cognac-like warmth sits behind the sparkle, with faint green and rosy undertones emerging on close inspection. It smells like opening a bottle of aged rum in a fruit market. This is the smallest and most volatile of the ethyl esters, and that extreme lightness is its superpower. Use it at trace levels to give gourmand compositions a convincing boozy-fruity effervescence—rum accords, brandy notes, and fermented fruit reconstructions all come alive with a tiny addition. It lifts baked-fruit and dried-fruit bases with an ethereal top that reads as genuinely alcoholic. Pair it with heavier fruit esters and lactones that carry the fruity-boozy impression into the heart once this fleeting top note has done its work. aromachem Best Seller
Notes
Ethyl formate hits you with an immediate ethereal flash—rum, ripe raspberry, and fermented fruit all at once. A winey, cognac-like warmth sits behind the sparkle, with faint green and rosy undertones emerging on close inspection. It smells like opening a bottle of aged rum in a fruit market. This is the smallest and most volatile of the ethyl esters, and that extreme lightness is its superpower. Use it at trace levels to give gourmand compositions a convincing boozy-fruity effervescence—rum accords, brandy notes, and fermented fruit reconstructions all come alive with a tiny addition. It lifts baked-fruit and dried-fruit bases with an ethereal top that reads as genuinely alcoholic. Pair it with heavier fruit esters and lactones that carry the fruity-boozy impression into the heart once this fleeting top note has done its work. aromachem Best Seller
Usage
Uses (FraterWork)
Adds ethereal fruity-boozy sparkle to rum, fruit, and fermented accords in fragrance.
IFRA 51 (FraterWork)
No restriction for category 4 Odour Family: Fruity Appearance: Clear Liquid Longevity: Lasts < 4 hours on a smelling strip. Odour Profile: Ethyl formate has a strong, ethereal-fruity aroma with a distinctive rum-like warmth, winey-cognac character, and a sharp, diffusive lift. Uses: Adds ethereal fruity-boozy sparkle to rum, fruit, and fermented accords in fragrance. INCI Name: ETHYL FORMATE IUPAC Name: Ethyl Formate

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