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Cedryl acetate

Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Cedryl acetate

Say itSED-ril AS-ih-tayt

Soft, dry cedar with a gentle ambery-sweet, slightly orris-like tone.

What it is
A molecule made from a natural raw material.
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Affordable dry-woody fixative for ambery, leather, orris and violet effects.
Worth knowing
Perfumer Maurice Roucel names it, with cedrol, as an affordable substitute for pricier cigar-box woody acetates.
Also called
Cedranyl acetate; cedrol acetate

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