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White Musk

MUSK, AMBER, ANIMALIC SMELLS  / 
White Musk
CategoryMUSK, AMBER, ANIMALIC SMELLS
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Origin
PyramidBase

Clean, powdery, skin-like synthetic musk family. Nitro musks (1888), polycyclic musks (Galaxolide, 1965), macrocyclic musks (Muscone, Exaltolide). The backbone of modern laundry scent and virtually every commercial fragrance base.

  1. Scent
  2. The Full Story
  3. Extraction & Chemistry
  4. In Perfumery

Scent

The Full Story

This note in Première Peau. Doppel Dancers. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

Extraction & Chemistry

In Perfumery

From the raw to the worn

This is what it becomes.

DOPPEL DANCERS
DOPPEL DANCERS
INSULINE SAFRINE
INSULINE SAFRINE
ALBÂTRE SÉPIA
ALBÂTRE SÉPIA
GRAVITAS CAPITALE
GRAVITAS CAPITALE
SIMILI MIRAGE
SIMILI MIRAGE
ROSE MONOTONE
ROSE MONOTONE
NUIT ELASTIQUE
NUIT ELASTIQUE
DISCOVERY SET
DISCOVERY SET

See Also

MuskTonka BeanCashmeranAmbroxanCashmere

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