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

p-Cresyl phenylacetate

Ingredients · Animal notes · dry-down

p-Cresyl phenylacetate

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

Honeyed, narcissus-like and animal, with urinous and hay undertones.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Core animal-honey note for narcissus and jonquil accords and animalic bases such as Animalis.
Also called
p-Tolyl phenylacetate

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