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

Isobutyl phenylacetate

Ingredients · Sweet · heart note

Isobutyl phenylacetate

Say iteye-soh-BYOO-til fen-il-AS-ih-tayt

Honey and cocoa with a sweet, musky, slightly fruity tone.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Bridges honey and chocolate notes in gourmand and tobacco accords.
Also called
2-Methylpropyl phenylacetate

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