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Castoreum Firbest

Ingredients · Animal notes · dry-down

Castoreum Firbest

Say itkas-TOR-ee-um FUR-best

Smoky, phenolic leather-animal opening, then musky warmth with fruity notes.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Replaces beaver castoreum in leathers and chypres, with a paler color for wider use.
Also called
Firmenich castoreum reconstitution

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