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Arborone

Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Arborone

Say itAR-buh-rohn

Intense, radiant woody-amber, dry and diffusive—the real smell of Iso E Super.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Enriched in premium OTNE grades to raise power and radiance without changing character.
Worth knowing
Present at only about 5% in standard Iso E Super, it is reported to be roughly 100,000 times more potent.
Rules
Limited. Covered by the IFRA standard for OTNE (Iso E Super).
Also called
γ-isomer of Iso E Super; enriched grades sold as Iso E Super Plus

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