Benzyl Salicylate

Benzyl Salicylate is a quiet but essential blender. It adds body and smoothness to floral accords, helps hold them together and is widely used in fine fragrance, soap and lotions. Read more about Benzyl Salicylate on Wikipedia.

Odour profile

Faint, soft floral-balsamic with a sweet, slightly musky warmth.

Key facts

Typical usage

Typical level in a fragrance concentrate: 2–20%. These are starting points, not limits. In finished products, dose the complete fragrance oil at the normal level for that product (for example around 15–25% in an alcohol perfume, 6–10% in candles and 1–3% in soap).

Blends well with

Benzyl Acetate, Hedione, Ylang-type notes, Ionones and musks. See all aroma chemicals.

Tips

• Weak on its own; its value is in how it rounds a blend.
• Also helps dissolve some crystalline materials.

Safety, compliance and documents

• Follow the IFRA Standards in force for your product category and check the current limit before you finalise a formula. It is a declarable fragrance allergen in the EU, so list it on cosmetic labels above the legal threshold.
• For perfumery and product manufacturing only. Not for ingestion. Do not apply undiluted to skin.
• Handle with gloves in a ventilated area. Keep away from children, heat and flames.
• Need the SDS or certificate of analysis for the current batch? Message us on WhatsApp (0321-1739321) before you order and we will share what our supplier provides.
• Store tightly closed in a cool, dark place.

Packing and exchanges

Packed by weight in sealed bottles. If there is a problem with your order, we offer an exchange within 14 days of delivery (no cash refunds; an unboxing video or photo is required).

FAQs

Why does it smell so faint?
It is mainly a blender and fixative; it shows its effect inside a formula.

Where is it used?
White florals, soaps, lotions and solar-type scents.