Ingredients · Musks · dry-down

Ambrettolide

Say itam-BRET-uh-lyde

Warm, powerful yet fine musk with fruity, pear-ambrette sweetness.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

the key musk odorant of ambrette seed

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Among the finest musk fixatives; boosts diffusion and softens alcohol harshness even in traces.

Worth knowing

Suppliers note that even 0.01% can soften the sharp alcohol smell of a freshly sprayed perfume.

Also called

Oxacycloheptadec-10-en-2-one