Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Vertofix

Say itVUR-toh-fiks

Warm, dry cedar-vetiver wood with soft ambery, slightly leathery-smoky warmth.

What it is

A molecule made from a natural raw material.

When you smell it

Dry-down: what stays.

What perfumers do with it

Tenacious woody fixative adding warmth and trail; stronger and longer-lasting than Cedramber.

Worth knowing

Maurice Roucel describes perfumery's shift from Vertofix Coeur to Iso E Super as a turning point in woody notes.

Also called

Acetyl cedrene; methyl cedryl ketone (MCK); Vertofix Coeur; Lixetone

On the label of 71 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

Side EffectInitio · printed “Acetyl cedrene”High FrequencyInitio · printed “Acetyl cedrene”Oud for HappinessInitio · printed “Acetyl cedrene”Power SelfInitio · printed “Acetyl cedrene”Mystic ExperienceInitio · printed “Acetyl cedrene”Magnetic Blend 7Initio · printed “Acetyl cedrene”

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