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Phenyl Ethyl Benzoate Substitutes & Alternatives

floral fruity green musty warm minty honey phenolic

fruity dry musty sweet wintergreen Warm floral-fruity somewhat heavy odor reminiscent of tropical flowers and with a faint resemblance to Methyl salicylate wintergreen, tarty, green, minty, honey, slightly phenolic

Same material — different names

These share the same CAS number (94-47-3) — the same core molecule sold under different trade names. They're close to interchangeable, but purity and isomer ratio can cause subtle differences in strength and character, so treat them as near-identical rather than exactly the same.

Phenethyl Benzoate (Phenyl Ethyl Benzoate) CAS 94-47-3
Same molecule

15 substitutes for Phenyl Ethyl Benzoate

1.

Methyl Hexyl Ketone

37.8% match
top green
Why this substitute

Shares fruity, green and musty

2.

Alcohol C-7

36.9% match
heart green
Why this substitute

Shares musty, fruity and green

3.

Orange Flower (Absolute) Blend

32.7% match
heart floral
Why this substitute

Shares green, warm and honey

4.

Methyl Anthranilate Extra

32.1% match
heart floral Same position
Why this substitute

Shares fruity, floral, musty and warm

5.

Phenyl Ethyl Butyrate

30.6% match
heart floral
Why this substitute

Shares floral, fruity, honey, musty and warm

6.

Honey Fleuressence

29.7% match
top fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares floral, fruity, honey and phenolic

7.

Phenoxy Ethyl Iso Butyrate

28.8% match
base floral
Why this substitute

Shares floral, fruity, green and honey

8.

HONEY F-TEC

28.1% match
heart fantasy
Why this substitute

Shares fruity, honey, floral and phenolic

9.

Phenyl Ethyl Phenyl Acetate

27.4% match
base balsamic Same position
Why this substitute

Shares floral, fruity, honey and green

10.

Isobutyl Benzoate

26.3% match
heart floral
Why this substitute

Shares fruity and musty

11.

Methyl Heptenone Pure

21.2% match
top citrus
Why this substitute

Shares fruity, green and musty

12.

Cinnamyl Propionate

20.9% match
base balsamic
Why this substitute

Shares fruity, floral, warm and honey

13.

Ketoisophorone

20.5% match
heart woody
Why this substitute

Shares musty and honey

14.

Jasmine Sambac Absolute India

18.8% match
heart floral
Why this substitute

Shares floral, fruity, green and honey

15.

Myrrh Oil Somalia

15.7% match
base amber
Why this substitute

Shares warm, fruity and musty