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  3. White musk
The drawing: clean linenThe drawing: clean linen
Clean linen

Ingredients · Musks · Made in a lab

White musk

Not an animal at all: a clean, laundered softness made only from synthetic musks.

What it is
A classic blend perfumers build from several materials.
How perfumers build it
Galaxolide (musk)Habanolide (musk)Ethylene brassylate (musk)Helvetolide (musk)Hedione (jasmine)
Known in
White Musk (The Body Shop, 1981)
Worth knowing
The Body Shop sold White Musk as an animal-free alternative to traditional musk.

Named by the house in 14 of the 352 perfumes read so far

Musk TherapyInitio · “White Musk”Dia WomanAmouage · “White Musk”Dia ManAmouage · “White Musks”ExistenceAmouage · “White Musk”Chance Eau TendreChanel · “white musk”My WayArmani · “WHITE MUSKS”
IdôleLancôme · “White Musk”ValayaParfums de Marly · “White Musks”Erba PuraXerjoff · “White Musk”Miss Dior Blooming BouquetDior · “White musk”DelilahMaison Alhambra · “White Musk”Mon ParisYSL · “White musk”Allure Homme SportChanel · “white musk”Carnal FlowerFrédéric Malle · “white musk”

L’Anatomie du Parfum · Perfume, taken apart. A private preview, 28 September 2026.

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