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 (PerfumersWorld)
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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.
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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.
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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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