Ingredients · Florals · heart note

p-Cresyl acetate

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

Animalic, horse-like neat; narcissus-lily floral when diluted.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

When you smell it

Heart: as it settles.

What perfumers do with it

Traces add the animal edge that makes narcissus, jonquil, hyacinth and ylang accords convincing.

Also called

para-Cresyl acetate; 4-methylphenyl acetate