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Animalis

Ingredients · Animal notes · dry-down

Animalis

Say itan-ih-MAH-lis

Warm, musky-animal and leathery, with honeyed, urinous and spicy-woody facets.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Classic animal-free base that adds civet- and musk-like warmth to florals, chypres and orientals.
Worth knowing
Suppliers name p-cresyl phenylacetate, a honey-narcissus molecule, as its fundamental animal note.
Also called
Animalis base

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