Ingredients · Amber & resins · dry-down
Ambroxan
Say itam-BROK-san
Dry, radiant ambergris: woody, mineral, skin-warm and faintly sweet, like clean laundry.
- What it is
- A molecule made from a natural raw material.
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- The modern ambergris note; adds diffusion, skin-like warmth and long-lasting radiance, from trace to heavy overdose.
- Worth knowing
- Firmenich chemists first made it in 1950 from clary sage, recreating ambergris's key odorant without the whale.
- Known in
- Molecule 02 (Escentric Molecules, 2008)
- Also called
- Ambroxide; ambrafuran; Ambrox and Ambrox Super (dsm-firmenich); Ambroxan (Kao); Orcanox (Mane)
Named by the house, not on the label, in 47
SauvageDior · “Ambroxan”
Baccarat Rouge 540Maison Francis Kurkdjian · “Ambroxan”
Sugar BlastInitio · “Ambroxan”
ErosVersace · “ambroxan (amber)”
Odyssey Mandarin SkyArmaf · “Ambroxan”
Club de Nuit Urban Man ElixirArmaf · “Ambroxan”
SalvoMaison Alhambra · “Ambroxan”
Liquid BrunFrench Avenue · “Ambroxan”
Mystique BouquetAfnan · “Ambroxan”
Eau RoseDiptyque · “Ambroxan”
TiliaMarc-Antoine Barrois · “Ambroxan”
Vanilla PowderMatière Première · “Ambroxan”
Dylan Blue Pour HommeVersace · “ambroxan”
Lafayette StreetBond No. 9 · “Ambroxan”
Swimming PoolBibbi · “AMBROXAN”
TriBeCaBond No. 9 · “Ambroxan”
Young RoseByredo · “Ambroxan”
Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombreEtat Libre d'Orange · “Ambroxan”
Apple Brandy on the RocksKilian Paris · “Ambroxan”
Powder LoveJuliette Has a Gun · “Ambroxan”
Luna Rossa CarbonPrada · “ambroxan”
Y Iced CologneYSL · “Ambroxan”
Angham Second SongLattafa · “Ambroxan”
E Cashmere MuskClive Christian · “Ambroxan”
Only HumanNOYZ · “Ambroxan”
Club de Nuit SillageArmaf · “Ambroxan”
Club de Nuit MilestoneArmaf · “Ambroxan”
Jean Lowe ImmortalMaison Alhambra · “Ambroxan”
Marshmallow BlushParis Corner · “Ambroxan”
MarwaArabiyat Prestige · “Ambroxan”
KaafAhmed Al Maghribi · “Ambroxan”
Queen of SilkCreed · “Ambroxan”
EladariaCreed · “Ambroxan”
Spring FlowerCreed · “Ambroxan”
CentaurusCreed · “Ambroxan”
Molecule 02Escentric Molecules · “Ambroxan”
Escentric 02Escentric Molecules · “AMBROXAN”
Cologne OneEscentric Molecules · “Ambroxan”
PromiseFrédéric Malle · “Ambroxan”
French LoverFrédéric Malle · “ambroxan”
Rouge SmokingBDK Parfums · “Ambroxan”
312 Saint-HonoréBDK Parfums · “Ambroxan”
Crystal SaffronMatière Première · “Ambroxan”
Parisian MuscMatière Première · “Ambroxan”
Tempio d'AcquaXerjoff · “Ambroxan”
White in BlackLalique · “Ambroxan”
Green Irish TweedCreed · “Ambroxan”