Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Phenylethyl acetate

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Sweet, honeyed rose with fruity pear and raspberry-like nuance.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

When you smell it

Heart: as it settles.

What perfumers do with it

Adds honeyed, fruity sweetness to rose, peony and blossom accords.

Worth knowing

It is one of the esters behind the rosy, honeyed floral note in wine and beer.

Also called

2-Phenylethyl acetate; PEA acetate