• Adds creamy floral warmth and sweet balsamic softness
• Ideal for building ylang-ylang, jasmine, and exotic floral heart notes
• Used in orientals, floral musks, powdery florals, and white floral blends
• Enhances longevity and softens sharp or indolic floral ingredients
• Excellent for attars, oil perfumes, solids, and floral mist formulations

Isoamyl Salicylate is a warm, floral-balsamic aroma chemical with a soft, sweet scent reminiscent of ylang-ylang, jasmine, and balsam. Known for its gentle, long-lasting floral warmth, it’s commonly used to soften sharp florals, add depth and sensuality, and build creamy tropical florals or oriental heart accords.

Its profile is ideal for creating floral musks, white floral bouquets, and vintage-style powdery blends, making it a go-to ingredient in both modern and classical perfumery.

INCI Name: Isoamyl Salicylate
CAS Number: 87-20-7
Molecular Formula: C12H16O3
Appearance: Clear to pale yellow liquid
Odor Description: Floral, ylang-like, creamy balsamic, soft sweet
Purity: 98%+
Boiling Point: ~285°C
Flash Point: ~127°C
Density: ~1.07 g/cm³
Solubility: Soluble in alcohol, DPG, and fixed oils
Recommended Usage Level: 0.2%–5% in final concentrate
Category: Floral-Balsamic Modifier – Heart/Base Note – Perfumery Use

Use 1–4% to enrich floral hearts and provide creamy softness and fixative warmth in perfumes.

💡 To build a creamy floral heart with sensual depth 🌼💗, use 1–4% Isoamyl Salicylate in roll-ons, mists, or attars.
🌸 Blend with ylang-ylang, jasmine, or phenyl ethyl alcohol for exotic floral bouquets.
🧴 Use in powdery florals with heliotropin, coumarin, or vanillin for softness and fixative power.
🌺 Add to musk or amber bases for warmth and roundness.
🔄 Allow your blend to age 5–7 days for optimal integration and floral diffusion.
⚠️ Versatile and long-lasting—ideal for both modern and vintage-style compositions.

Q1: What does Isoamyl Salicylate smell like?

It smells like sweet ylang-ylang and jasmine, with creamy, warm balsamic undertones—soft, elegant, and floral.

Q2: Is it natural or synthetic?

It is a synthetic ester, inspired by floral balsamic notes found in nature but designed for stability and diffusion in perfumery.

Q3: Can it be used in oil perfumes or attars?

Yes! It is soluble in DPG, oils, and alcohol, and works beautifully in attars, roll-ons, solids, and mist perfumes.

Q4: What types of perfumes benefit from it?

Best for floral musks, white florals, orientals, vintage blends, and powdery florals.

Q5: What does it blend well with?

Pairs beautifully with ylang-ylang, jasmine, coumarin, heliotropin, musk ketone, vanillin, and sandalwood.