4-(p-Tolyl)-2-butanone has a very sweet, fruity, floral odor with raspberry, plum and gardenia notes. It has an intense,
sweet, deep, fruit flavor. Its use as an insect attractant has been extensively studied.
4-(p-Tolyl)-2-butanone finds some use in flavor
compositions as a modifier in Raspberry and
other fruit imitation flavors, often as a partial
substitute for para- Met hox yphen ylbutanone,
which is sweeter but milder, and other, related
chemicals. It could be used in Mimosa, Rose, Gardenia and other sweet-floral fragrances, variations of Jasmin, or in combination with
Ionones in the conventional type lipstick
fragrance
