Karmawood
Description and usage notes: Recently released by IFF Karmawood shares a CAS number with the very similar Norlimbanol, though it isn’t quite as powerful it has the advantage of being somewhat cheaper...
View ArticleLilyflore
Description and usage notes: An expensive but very effective alternative to the now banned Lyral and perhaps also to Lilial. Description from Firmenich: “LILYFLORE® is a beautiful muguet floral note...
View ArticleBHT – anti-oxidant
Description and usage notes: One of the most widely used antioxidants in perfumery. Widely added to aroma chemicals by the better manufactures to help keep the product stable, it’s rarely added to...
View ArticleUnobtanium
Odour (decreasing): Floral-heliotrope, sweet, powdery, coconut, vanilla. Diffusive. Solvent: -none added Main Synonyms: fairy dust. See below for more description
View ArticleDihydroambrettolide
Description and usage notes: An extremely interesting and rarely offered macrocyclic musk of great diffusion and power, this relative of Ambrettolide is more animalic and less floral than the better...
View ArticlePropenyl Guaethol
Description and usage notes: An unusual and interesting material, probably more familiar to flavorists than perfumers, propenyl guaethol or Vanitrope is both a lovely, fine quality scent in its own...
View ArticleAnisyl alcohol
Description and usage notes: Milder, longer lasting and more floral and less anisic than Anisaldehyde, this is a very useful material with an odour very reminiscent of a milder Heliotropine. Occurs...
View ArticleOakmoss Absolute (IFRA compliant)
This product, manufactured by Payan Bertrand is of Balkan origin and is produced solvent extraction from Evernia prunastri the classic oakmoss material, with adjustment by PB to achieve an absolute...
View ArticleCalone (Firmenich) Crystals
CAS No. 28940-11-6 Odour (decreasing): Fresh, watery, clean, melon-green, marine, ozone. Very substantive Solvent: none added Manufacturer: Firmenich, dilution by Pell Wall Main Synonyms: Calone,...
View ArticleExaltolide Total
Description and usage notes: Very fine and elegant musk with a natural quality, adds depth and roundness to a wide variety of creations but it also has a synergistic effect on the bouquet of a...
View ArticleFixatives 1: Musks
Fixatives Fixatives are materials that help fragrances last longer: there are a great many of them, most have an odour of their own in addition to fixative properties and not all fixatives work in the...
View ArticleFixatives 2: Non-Musk
Fixatives Fixatives are materials that help fragrances last longer: there are a great many of them, most have an odour of their own in addition to fixative properties and not all fixatives work in the...
View ArticleOakmoss Absolute 10%
This product, manufactured by Payan Bertrand is of Balkan origin and is produced by solvent extraction from Evernia prunastri the classic oakmoss material, with adjustment by PB to achieve an absolute...
View ArticleClary Sage Absolute PB
Description and usage notes: This absolute, produced by Payan Bertrand, is a particularly nice example of this extremely useful material. It is difficult to substitute with anything else but see also...
View ArticleDiphenyl oxide
Description and usage notes: A strong diffusive green note in the direction of geranium leaf. Recommended to evaluate at 1% or less. It is more green and less floral than rose oxide. Apart from the...
View ArticleNerolin Bromelia
Description and usage notes: A soft, long-lasting neroli/orange-flower note, nerolin bromelia (beta-naphthyl ethyl ether) is closely related to nerolin yara yara (beta-naphthyl methyl ether), but with...
View ArticleCedryl acetate crystals
Description and usage notes: Tenacious, dry, woody, cedar tone with a slight leathery quality. A very effective fixative. This product takes the form of white crystals, and is also available as a...
View ArticleHydroxyambran
Description and usage notes: Strong, highly persistent and stable woody-amber note that provides body and fixation to a blend. Rarely offered in amounts less than 1Kg. According to Arcadi Boix Camps...
View ArticleExaltone
Description and usage notes: In the view of this perfumer, perhaps the finest of all the musks, effective in traces, synergistic with other musks (especially Exaltolide) and with a very nice animalic...
View ArticleExaltolide
Description and usage notes: Very fine and elegant musk with a natural quality, adds depth and roundness to a wide variety of creations but it also has a synergistic effect on the bouquet of a...
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