Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Timberol

Say itTIM-ber-awl

Austere, very dry woody-amber, diffusive and slightly green-cedar.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab, first made by Dragoco (now Symrise) in 1978.

Where it comes from

same molecule as Norlimbanol, different isomer balance

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Structural dry-amber wood for fougères and masculine scents; stable in soaps and detergents.

Worth knowing

It formed a load-bearing part of Drakkar Noir's dry base, helping define the 1980s masculine fougère.

Known in

Drakkar Noir (Guy Laroche, 1982)

Rules

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

Also called

Karmawood (IFF); Dextramber; 1-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)hexan-3-ol