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p-Cresyl acetate

Ingredients · Florals · heart note

p-Cresyl acetate

Say itPAIR-uh-KREE-sil AS-ih-tayt

Animalic, horse-like neat; narcissus-lily floral when diluted.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Traces add the animal edge that makes narcissus, jonquil, hyacinth and ylang accords convincing.
Also called
para-Cresyl acetate; 4-methylphenyl acetate

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