METHYL ANTHRANILATE – fruity, floral and sweet note with hints of Concord grape, orange blossom and exotic berries

A fruity, yet floral and gourmand aroma of Concord grapes, with hints of orange. With a musty note and a powdery floral nuance, neroli, and a hint of berry. The characteristic aroma of Concord grapes and orange blossoms. When diluted to a high concentration, the scent becomes much sweeter.
A versatile substance, useful due to its resemblance to orange blossoms. Warm, sweet.
Widely used in many types of floral blends, such as neroli and orange blossom, as well as in exotic compositions of gardenia, tuberose, and jasmine, methyl anthranilate imparts warmth, volume, and sweetness and is used in all types of perfumery. This complex ester is widely used in perfume compositions as a sweet floral ingredient, similar to orange blossom.
Often combined with petitgrain oil, it forms the basis for oriental, heavy floral, or sweet woody perfumes. It is generally used in minimal quantities, up to a maximum of 10% methyl anthranilate concentration in the perfume composition. It is typically used in a 1% solution. It is used in fougère compositions, fruity perfumes, cake flavorings, citrus-floral, aldehydic, powdery, oriental, green, woody notes, etc.
Methyl anthranilate forms condensation products with various aldehydes (Schiff bases), such as acetophenone, muscone, ionones, etc., which are frequently used in perfume compositions. Therefore, it should be noted that when methyl anthranilate is used in compositions containing one or more aldehydes and ketones, chemical changes are likely to occur in the perfume composition. The change may be visibly observed (the color becomes saturated, usually toward yellow or brown hues, sometimes green) or perceptible in the odor (intensification of sweetness, loss of aldehyde components, etc.), and can occur over a period ranging from 24 hours to several months.
Final products (Schiff bases) are often preferred to avoid such irritating aroma changes, which are rarely noticeable to the consumer. The most popular condensation products are those containing floral aldehydes: hydroxycitronellal (aurantiol, etc.), anisic aldehyde (acacia), etc. Some aldehydes produce very dark condensation products, which should be avoided in compositions that require the use of methylanthranilate (citral, citronella, etc.). At very low concentrations of these two components, discoloration problems generally do not occur (some citrus essential oils contain both citral and methylanthranilate).