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Georgywood

Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Georgywood

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Woody-amber with floral, violet-like softness; smoother than 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
Adds diffusive woody-amber warmth and velvety texture in modern woody and floral scents.
Worth knowing
It was created in the late 1990s as an alternative to Arborone, the potent hidden isomer of Iso E Super.
Also called
1-(1,2,8,8-tetramethyl-hexahydronaphthalen-2-yl)ethanone

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