Ethyl 2-methylbenzoate as a fragrance

Use of ethyl 2-methylbenzoate in fragrance compositions to obtain at least one of the following fragrance notes:

• strong, clean, floral, natural, volume, fruity, fresh, spicy, durable, complex, fine, green, less sweaty, less animalic, less mushroomy and/or less terpenic.

Fragrance composition comprising or consisting of ethyl 2-methylbenzoate and at least one further fragrance.

Method for modifying an existing fragrance to make it stronger, cleaner, more floral, more natural, more volume, fruitier, fresher, more durable, more complex, finer, greener, less sweaty, less animalic, less mushroomy and/or less terpenic and/or to enhance an aromatic and/or spicy fragrance note, comprising or consisting of the following steps:

• (a) providing ethyl 2-methylbenzoate,
• (b) providing at least one further fragrance,
• (c) adding the ethyl 2-methylbenzoate to the at least one further fragrance in a sensory effective amount sufficient to modify the at least one further fragrance to make it stronger, cleaner, more floral, more natural, more volume, fruitier, fresher, more durable, more complex, finer, greener, less sweaty, less animalic, less mushroomy and/or less terpenic and/or to enhance an aromatic and/or spicy fragrance note.

Perfumed product comprising ethyl 2-methylbenzoate and two or more other fragrances and optionally other ingredients, characterized in that the blend comprises ethyl 2-methylbenzoate in a quantity which

• (a) modifies the olfactory properties of the two or more other fragrances to make it stronger, cleaner, more floral, more natural, more volume, fruitier, fresher, more durable, more complex, finer, greener, less sweaty, less animalic, less mushroomy and/or less terpenic and/or
• (b) enhances the aromatic and/or spicy note of the olfactory properties of the two or more other fragrances.