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Dimethyl benzyl carbinyl acetate

Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Dimethyl benzyl carbinyl acetate

Say itdye-METH-il BEN-zil KAR-bih-nil AS-ih-tayt

Fruity-floral: rosy and jasmine-like with crisp pear and green apple.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Brightens floral accords with a sparkling fruity edge; livelier than its parent carbinol.
Also called
DMBCA; 1,1-dimethyl-2-phenylethyl acetate

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