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Prenyl acetate

Ingredients · Fruits · top note

Prenyl acetate

Say itPREE-nil AS-ih-tayt

Fresh pear and banana with a green, slightly herbal lift.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Adds a transparent green-fruity sparkle to pear, banana and floral tops.
Also called
3-Methyl-2-butenyl acetate

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