Note · Musks and ambers
Ambrox
Ambrox is Firmenich's trade name for ambroxide, a molecule that recreates one facet of ambergris. Its scent is woody, ambery and mineral, with the warmth of skin. The same molecule is sold under other names, such as Kao's Ambroxan.
What it brings
A warm, diffusive, luminous trail at the base of a fragrance.
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Material profile
- Family
- Musks and ambers
- Nature
- Synthetic molecule
- Origin
- A molecule originally made by semi-synthesis, from the sclareol of clary sage.
- How it is obtained
- Laboratory synthesis
- On Volute
- 4 fragrances