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AMBRA

CAS
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Material type
natural absolute
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
tobacco
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
sweetseaweedwoodymossy

Warm, sweet, and enveloping amber accord with a soft powdery-balsamic character. Rich resinous and slightly animalic facets give it a plush, sensual depth that persists as a cozy fixative base.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
6 / 10
Tenacity
9 / 10
Volatility
2 / 10
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naturals · No. 38

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 54.

BASEtenacity · excellentpower · weak
sweetseaweedwoodymossy
Appearance

Ambra is a pale grayish or creamy-yellow to brown or dark brown waxy solid mass which melts in boiling water.

Solubility

The greater part of a good grade of Ambra is soluble in alcohol.

Odor

Its odor is rather subtle, reminiscent of seaweed, wood, moss, with a peculiar sweet, yet very dry undertone of unequalled tenacity.

Flavor

Tincture of Ambra is also used in flavors, mainly as a bouquetting additive to round off and mellow the blend of synthetic flavor materials.

Uses in perfumery

Ambra and tinctures and extracts thereof are used mainly in perfumery although the use is rare as above mentioned.

Uses in flavor

Tincture of Ambra is also used in flavors, mainly as a bouquetting additive to round off and mellow the blend of synthetic flavor materials.

Production

From the powdered Ambra, tinctures and extracts are produced.

Identity
Aliases · 2
AmbergrisAmbregris
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