Ambrette
Ambrette has a soft, warm musk scent with sweet seed, pear-like and gently powdery facets. It can feel more botanical and softly fruity than a very clean laundry musk.
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It adds a delicate skin-like warmth to flowers, woods and musky compositions. Its subtle fruitiness can also connect pear or rose accords with the drydown.
The note’s placement and prominence depend on the complete composition.
Understanding this note
Natural ambrette materials come from musk-mallow seeds. Ambrettolide is a related named aroma material, but an ambrette note and a listing for that molecule are not identical declarations.
Related notes to explore
Rose →
Rose can smell fresh and lemony, richly petal-like, honeyed, spicy or softly powdery
Pear →
Pear is juicy and softly sweet, with a watery freshness and a faintly green peel-like edge
Iris →
Iris in perfumery suggests cool powder, soft violet, dry roots and a buttery woody texture
Sandalwood →
Sandalwood is a soft, creamy wood note with milky, warm and gently dry facets
Material references
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