Ingredients · Musks · dry-down

Romandolide

Say itroh-MAN-duh-lyde

Very delicate, clean musk with soft balsamic and ambrette-like facets, less fruity.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab, first made by Firmenich in 1998.

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Clean, soft musk with strong tenacity; bridges light top-note musks and heavy base musks.

Worth knowing

Helvetolide can serve as a starting material for making it, according to ScenTree.

Also called

(1-Oxopropoxy)-1-(3,3-dimethylcyclohexyl)ethyl acetate