Fragrance note · animalic

Ambergris

Âmbar cinzento

Âmbar cinzento é a nota animal, doce e terrosa, de fundo, rara e quase sempre substituída.

terroso
doce
animal
marinho
suave

Did you know?

Fresco, o âmbar cinzento tem cheiro fecal, mas envelhecido ganha odor doce e terroso.

Ambergris, fragrance note

Where it comes from

É uma substância sólida formada no sistema digestivo de cachalotes. Com o tempo no mar, ganha cheiro doce e terroso.

History

Foi muito valioso como fixador em perfumaria, mas hoje quase não é usado.

Where it shows in a perfume

Arrives slowly and stays to the end

A perfume opens in three moments. See when ambergris shows most.

Top
The first minutes
Discreet
Heart
The first hour
Discreet
Base
What stays on the skin
Dominant

Known perfumes with this note

Where you have already smelled ambergris

Each bottle shows when the note appears in the perfume.

Notes that go along

Good company for ambergris

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Top First minutes

Heart First hour

Base What stays

Perfumers who use this note

Hands that have worked with ambergris

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