Ingredients · Fruits · top note

Hexyl acetate

Say itHEK-sil AS-ih-tayt

Green, juicy pear and unripe apple with a sweet, fresh edge.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

found in apples and pears

When you smell it

Top notes: the first minutes.

What perfumers do with it

Gives crisp green-fruit freshness; a workhorse of pear and apple accords.

Also called

n-Hexyl acetate