What is Cashmeran perfume?

Anyway, in essence, Cashmeran is a synthetic material with an aroma that is somewhere between woods and musk. It’s often used in perfumes, in relatively small amounts, to amplify woody, aromatic, powder, musk and leather facets, but it can also be used in higher doses, resulting in novel effects.

What does Ambrox smell like?

Ambroxan has a strong woody-ambery, sweet-earthy, musky odor with a delicate animal tonality. Aroma/chemical laboratories confirm that Ambroxan can last almost 17 days on paper blotter.

What are blonde woods in perfume?

Though commonly refered to as “blond woods” in perfume speak, the reality is that the ingredient Cashmeran (an International Flavors and Fragrances appelation) is actually a musk component with a yellow, trickly texture. Its scent profile takes over a vast sea between woods and ambers, abstract and indefinable.

What is patchouli perfume?

Patchouli is most often associated with the woody fragrance family because of its robust, earthy character, but it’s used to create stunning oriental, fougère, and chypre fragrances as well. As a standalone note, most would agree that patchouli mainly smells earthy and musky.

What does chypre smell like?

Chypre fragrances are warm and dry and almost all built round a woody, mossy accord of bergamot, oakmoss, patchouli and labdanum (from the cistus, or ‘rock rose’, plant). Elements of flowers, fruits or woodiness are sometimes played up in chypre fragrances – so this family has a few ‘relations’, within it.

What does blonde wood smell like?

Also called musk indanone, Cashmeran is a lot of the time referred to as ‘blond woods’ by perfumers because it has a very velvetine and rich quality to it; but it also smells sharp, woody and clean.

Why is vetiver used in perfume?

Used in perfumes since ancient times, vetiver’s more popular than ever and features very, very widely in the base of fragrances because it works brilliantly as a ‘fixative’ – and so far, nobody seems to have come up with a satisfactory synthetic alternative.

Is vetiver a nice scent?

Vetiver smells dry, earthy, woody, leathery and smoky. Think of uncut grass on a warm day and you’ll have a rough idea of what vetiver smells like. Vetiver is considered to be a more masculine fragrance, and is used in candles, colognes and other scented products marketed to men.

How do I know if I have ambergris?

Ambergris will have a slightly waxy feel to it and often appears grainy inside. It should be brittle and may look layered inside, you may be able to see this if your find has a broken edge, but remember that breaking apart pieces devalues them if they are ambergris!