Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Norlimbanol

Say itnor-LIM-buh-nawl

Extremely dry, powerful woody-amber, dusty cedar with a faint animalic edge.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab, first made by Firmenich in 1986.

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Trace doses give dry, radiant amber-wood power and lasting diffusion to woody and masculine accords.

Worth knowing

Its trans isomer smells stronger and more amber-like than the cis form that dominates Timberol.

Rules

Limited. IFRA 51st Amendment limits for sensitisation and systemic toxicity.

Also called

Norlimbanol Dextro (refined grade); trans-rich 1-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)hexan-3-ol