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p-Cresyl isobutyrate

Ingredients · Animal notes · heart note

p-Cresyl isobutyrate

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Animalic, narcissus-like floral with a slightly fruity, leathery edge.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Adds animal-floral depth to narcissus, jonquil and leather accords in small amounts.
Also called
p-Tolyl isobutyrate

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