Ingredients · Sweet · top note

Ethyl heptanoate

Say itETH-il hep-TAN-oh-ayt

Fruity grape, cognac and pineapple with a waxy, winey tone.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

found in cognac, wine and grapes

When you smell it

Top notes: when you spray it.

What perfumers do with it

Adds brandy and grape notes to boozy, fruity and tobacco accords.

Also called

Ethyl oenanthate