Ingredients · Sweet · heart note

Methyl phenylacetate

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Heavy sweet honey with a jasmine-like floral, slightly musky tone.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

natural in honey and coffee

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Adds dense honey sweetness to honey, tobacco and white-floral accords.

Also called

Methyl benzeneacetate