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Ethyl 2-methylbutyrate

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Crisp green apple skin with a sweet, winey, slightly strawberry edge.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

a key aroma of apples and strawberries

When you smell it

Top notes: when you spray it.

What perfumers do with it

Adds bite and realism to apple, pear and berry accords in the opening.

Also called

Ethyl 2-methylbutanoate