Not drawn yet: a drawing of what it smells like.

Brahmanol

Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Brahmanol

Say itBRAH-muh-nawl

Creamy, warm sandalwood with soft musky and faintly herbal undertones.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Smooth, round sandalwood body for woody-floral and musky bases at modest cost.
Worth knowing
It is made by partly hydrogenating Sandacore (sold as Hindinol), which gives a more intense sandalwood.
Also called
2-methyl-4-(2,2,3-trimethylcyclopent-3-enyl)butan-1-ol

Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.