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AMBRETTOLID [1 record]

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Record 1 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
DEF

... a colourless, viscous oil ... possessing a strong and persistent musk odour ... used in traces ... in finest perfumes and ambergris colognes.

OBS

Formed in ambrette-seed oil. Used as a flavouring, perfume fixative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parfumerie
DEF

Lactone à odeur de musc isolé de l'essence d'ambrette.

CONT

Parmi les olides macrocycliques qui ont pris assez récemment une importance considérable, nous retenons l'ambrettolide [...] dont on connaît l'odeur prononcée dans la tonalité ambre et musc.

Spanish

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