# Para-Cresyl Acetate

Source: https://dupehacking.com/ingredients/para-cresyl-acetate
CAS: 140-39-6



Para cresyl acetate demands respect—this is one of perfumery's most powerful and potentially treacherous materials. At full strength, it reveals horse-like, almost urinous undertones that can ruin compositions. But dilute below 1% and something magical happens: a gorgeous narcissus-lily character emerges, fresh yet unmistakably animalic in the way real spring bulbs smell on a warm day. This material provides the distinctive animal note that makes bulbous flower accords convincing. You simply cannot create a natural-smelling narcissus, hyacinth, or jonquil without it—the flowers themselves contain related compounds that give them their characteristic edge. Use between 0.1% and 1% in your crea… — Fraterworks

## How the catalogue uses it
- Appears in 1 formulas.
- Dose: 0.06% to 0.06%, average 0.06%.
- Most at home in: Woody Spicy.
- Usually weighed alongside: Cyclosia, Sandela 85 IPM, Benzoin Oliffac 50/63, Tonquitone 0613, Dartanol, Oud Synth 10760 E.


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