Not drawn yet: a drawing of what it smells like.

Ethyl phenylacetate

Ingredients · Sweet · heart note

Ethyl phenylacetate

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Sweet honey with a fruity, rosy, slightly waxy lift.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from
natural in honey and fruit
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Brightens honey accords and adds sweet fruity-floral warmth.
Also called
Ethyl benzeneacetate

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