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Anisyl acetate

Say itAN-ih-sil AS-ih-tayt

Powdery-sweet, vanilla-like floral with plum and cherry fruitiness.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

When you smell it

Heart: as it settles.

What perfumers do with it

Sweet powdery modifier in mimosa, oriental and chypre accords, without cloying heaviness.

Also called

4-methoxybenzyl acetate