Cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate

Cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate combines leafy freshness with a mild woody-balsamic foundation.

Its green character is smoother and less piercing than a freshly cut-grass note, offering an elegant connection between botanical brightness and the fuller texture of a floral heart.

Its restrained floral shading and soft resinous depth make it especially useful when a green accord needs elegance rather than raw intensity.

The result can feel botanical, polished and quietly naturalistic without becoming rustic.

The material suggests greenery viewed at close range: crushed blades, flexible stems and the softer shadow beneath leaves.

Its woody-balsamic undertone gives this botanical image depth, so the effect can continue beyond a fleeting green opening.

Odour profile

The odour is green, herbaceous and woody, with subtle floral and balsamic facets.

A slightly oily smoothness rounds the leafy character, helping the material sit comfortably beside fruit, flowers, herbs and mossy woods.

The first impression is leafy and herbaceous, but not aggressively sharp.

It has a supple, almost waxed smoothness that tempers the green note and allows quieter floral details to remain visible.

As it develops, mild wood, balsam and soft flower nuances broaden the profile.

This gradual movement from leaf to stem and wooded depth makes the material feel more composed than a simple burst of cut grass.

Using Cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate in perfumery

Cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate can extend green notes through floral bouquets, fougères, chypres and modern woodland compositions.

It is useful for rounding sharper leaf materials, adding a stem-like contour to florals and giving fruit accords a more believable skin-and-foliage dimension.

In floral perfumery, it can add the impression of stems and surrounding foliage to rose, jasmine, violet and muguet effects.

That green framework can make a bouquet feel freshly gathered rather than isolated from the plant.

It is also valuable in fig, blackcurrant, orchard-fruit and woodland concepts, where it supplies a believable leafy context.

Beside moss, vetiver and cedar, it can extend freshness into a quieter, more persistent green drydown.

Creative pairings

Explore Cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate with violet leaf, galbanum, clary sage, lavender, rose, jasmine, blackcurrant effects, fig leaf, cedarwood, vetiver, mossy materials and soft balsams.

It brings calm persistence to compositions built around green texture.

For a vivid garden effect, place it with violet leaf, galbanum, blackcurrant, rose and jasmine.

For a more shadowed direction, explore clary sage, fig leaf, cedarwood, vetiver, mossy notes and balsams, preserving its smooth botanical character.

Product specification.

CAS No: 25152-85-6
Odour Description (decreasing): Green, Leafy, Floral, Orchid, Balsamic, Fatty, Woody
Odour Strength: Medium
Usage: Smooth leafy floral effects, green hearts, orchid-like accords and woody-balsamic transitions.
Typical Use Percentage: 0.1% – 1.3%
Substantivity: > 8 hour(s) at 100%
Solvent: None
Flash Point: 110 °C
Physical Form: Colourless, clear mobile liquid
Synonyms: cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate; (Z)-Hex-3-en-1-yl Benzoate
Name: Cis-3-Hexenyl Benzoate
Molecular Formula: C₁₃H₁₆O₂
Molecular Weight: 204.27 g/mol
IFRA: Refer to latest IFRA guidelines and product-specific IFRA certificate for safe use levels.

Not Hazardous According To EC 1272/2008

Important: For professional formulation use. Review the Safety Data Sheet before handling, storage or use.