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

p-Cresyl methyl ether

Ingredients · Animal notes · top note

p-Cresyl methyl ether

Say itPAIR-uh-KREE-sil METH-il ether

Sharp phenolic punch opening into ylang-ylang, powdery-nutty and faintly camphorous.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from
occurs naturally in ylang-ylang
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Lifts narcissus, jasmine and ylang accords in traces; a cleaner bridge to cresylic animal notes.
Also called
4-Methylanisole; para-cresyl methyl ether

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