Perfume component
The crossword clue "Perfume component" is answered by ESTER, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ESTER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESTER answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- IRONE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ESTER
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESTER, most used first.
- Fragrant compound - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
- Chemical compound - used 115 times, most recently in 2005
- Organic compound - used 93 times, most recently in 2025
- Perfume compound - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Aromatic compound - used 60 times, most recently in 2022
- Banana oil, e.g. - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Perfume ingredient - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Acid-alcohol compound - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Banana oil, for one - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
- Fruity-smelling compound - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Poly- follower - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Vegetable oil, e.g. - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Perfumery compound - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Ethyl acetate, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Perfumer's compound - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Glyceride - used 11 times, most recently in 1984
- "Poly" add-on - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- "Poly" attachment - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Glyceride, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Suffix with "poly" - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Chemical salt. - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Depside is one - used 7 times, most recently in 1991
- Fragrant organic compound - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Glyceride, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Compound found in perfume - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Organic salt - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Poly ending - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Perfume - SCENT, used 55 times
- Perfume - ATTAR, used 54 times
- Immune system component - TCELL, used 38 times
- Blood component - SERUM, used 36 times
- ___ acid (protein component) - AMINO, used 29 times
- Perfume - CENSE, used 29 times
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