Provided are a new ester that has a fresh and fruity fragrance note useful as a fragrance material, and a fragrance composition containing the ester. The ester is represented by the formula (I), and the fragrance composition contains the ester represented by the formula (I). (in the formula, R 1 represents methyl, ethyl, propyl, or isopropyl, R 2 represents methyl or ethyl, and R 3 represents methyl or hydrogen, with the proviso that when R 2 is methyl, R 3 is methyl and with the proviso that when R 2 is ethyl, R 3 is hydrogen.)
