Perfume ingredient

The answer

ESTER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESTER answer page.

Used 35 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 11 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.

• MUSK (19 uses in xd)
• ATTAR (17 uses in xd)
• ROSEOIL (13 uses in xd)
• ACETAL (6 uses in xd)
• NEROL (6 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
• 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

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.

• Varnish ingredient - RESIN, used 86 times
• Gunpowder ingredient - NITER, used 67 times
• Perfume - SCENT, used 55 times
• Perfume - ATTAR, used 54 times
• Pesto ingredient - BASIL, used 45 times
• Varnish ingredient - ELEMI, used 44 times

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