Ingredients · Musks · dry-down

Exaltolide

Say itig-ZAWL-tuh-lyde

Soft, powdery, sensual musk with fruity-berry and faint violet undertones.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Classic, elegant musk adding depth, roundness and a sensual skin effect; shines in fruity and violet accords.

Worth knowing

Traces occur in angelica root oil and ambrette seed, linking plant musks to animal ones chemically.

Rules

Limited. IFRA 51 sets category limits for sensitisation and systemic toxicity.

Also called

Pentadecanolide; cyclopentadecanolide; Thibetolide (Givaudan); Macrolide (Symrise)