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Vetiveryl acetate

Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Vetiveryl acetate

Say itVET-ih-ver-il AS-ih-tayt

Smooth, dry, refined vetiver-wood with bright grapefruit freshness, less earthy.

What it is
A molecule made from a natural raw material.
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Polished vetiver effect with great tenacity for woody, ambery and chypre compositions.
Worth knowing
Acetylation strips vetiver's bitter, leathery roughness and brings its grapefruit side forward.
Known in
Molecule 03 (Escentric Molecules, 2010)
Rules
Limited. IFRA 49th Amendment limits for sensitisation and systemic toxicity.
Also called
Vetiver acetate; acetivenol; vetiverol acetate

Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.