Ingredients · Not for the smell

Hercolyn D

Say itHUR-kuh-lin DEE

Nearly odorless; faint balsamic-woody.

What it is

There to carry, keep or colour the perfume, not for its smell.

What perfumers do with it

Thick, inert fixative that slows evaporation and adds body to a blend

Worth knowing

Lasts over 400 hours on a smelling strip.

Also called

methyl ester of hydrogenated rosin; methyl dihydroabietate