Ingredients · Amber & resins · dry-down

Sclareolide

Say itSKLAIR-ee-oh-lyde

Faint, dry amber-tobacco with hay-like, slightly woody sweetness.

What it is

A molecule made from a natural raw material.

When you smell it

Dry-down: what stays.

What perfumers do with it

Fixative for amber and tobacco accords; also the classic intermediate on the route to Ambrox.

Worth knowing

It is the stepping stone in the classic sclareol-to-Ambrox synthesis Firmenich developed around 1950.

Also called

Norambreinolide