Home › Glossary › Marble

Marble

Q: Is Marble natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Not a naturally extracted material. The note is a perfumery reconstruction or concept accord..

NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC, POPULAR AND WEIRD / earthy · metallic · fresh

Marble

Category	NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC, POPULAR AND WEIRD
Subcategory	earthy · metallic · fresh
Origin
Volatility	Base Note
Botanical	N/A — marble is a mineral, not derived from a botanical source
Appearance	N/A — marble is an olfactory descriptor in perfumery evoking cool, stony, mineral, wet-stone notes
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	N/A — marble is a mineral olfactory concept in perfumery, not a produced aroma ingredient
Pyramid	Base

Cold mineral, slightly dusty, faintly metallic. Calcite and dolomite compressed over millennia -- architecture as scent.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Cold mineral, slightly dusty, faintly metallic.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Cold mineral, slightly dusty, faintly metallic

After a few hours

Developing character and warmth

After a few days

Subtle residual trace

The Full Story

Marble is a mineral, not a botanical — calcite (CaCO₃) and dolomite (CaMg(CO₃)₂) compressed and metamorphosed over geological time. It has, strictly, no smell: pure calcium carbonate is non-volatile and odourless at room temperature. The 'marble' note in fragrance is a conceptual accord — built to evoke the cold, faintly dusty, slightly mineral-metallic impression of touching a marble surface in a quiet room.

This note in Première Peau. Nuit Elastique. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

Reconstruction

Marble accords typically lean on cool-mineral materials: ambrette seed for a powdery-mineral lift, iris absolute for cold-floral depth, vetiver for earth-stone undertow, and a touch of synthetic cucumber-fresh notes (Helional, melonal) for the damp-cool edge. Sometimes a trace metallic note — Aldron, methyl epijasmonate — adds the faint copper-cold signal.

Did You Know?

Did you know?

Built from mineral accords, cool ozonic notes, and clean aldehyde modifiers.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Not a naturally extracted material. The note is a perfumery reconstruction or concept accord.

Molecular Formula	N/A — marble (CaCO₃) is a metamorphic rock; its scent in perfumery is an abstract impression of cool, mineral, stony notes
CAS Number	N/A — marble is a mineral olfactory descriptor, not a single chemical
Botanical Name	N/A — marble is a mineral, not derived from a botanical source
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	none
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Appearance	N/A — marble is an olfactory descriptor in perfumery evoking cool, stony, mineral, wet-stone notes

In Perfumery

Marble functions as a concept or fantasy note in modern fragrance compositions. Not derived from a single natural extraction; the impression is built from multiple materials.