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Acetanisole

Ingredients · Powder · dry-down

Acetanisole

Say itas-et-AN-ih-sohl

Sweet hawthorn-anise powder with vanilla, hay and almond facets.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from
a crystalline solid
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Bridges vanilla and floral accords; boosts hawthorn and mimosa with long-lasting powdery sweetness.
Worth knowing
Perfumers reach for it when anisaldehyde hits its IFRA ceiling.
Also called
4'-methoxyacetophenone

Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.