Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Polysantol

Say itpol-ee-SAN-tawl

Powerful milky-buttery sandalwood with soft, cosmetic, creamy warmth.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab, first made by Firmenich in 1984.

When you smell it

Dry-down: what stays.

What perfumers do with it

Builds creamy sandalwood and milk accords; linked with musks in soft woody bases.

Worth knowing

Polysantol and Javanol contain the same atoms arranged differently—constitutional isomers with distinct characters.

Rules

Limited. IFRA 49th Amendment limits for sensitisation and systemic toxicity.

Also called

(E)-3,3-dimethyl-5-(2,2,3-trimethylcyclopent-3-enyl)pent-4-en-2-ol