Koralni greben

Warm brine, sun-baked calcium, a faint iodine exhale. Not the clean blue of open water — the close, mineral smell of a living reef exposed at low tide, where limestone meets algae meets salt.
- Type
- Akord
- Olfactive family
- Ambrasti i mošusni
- Source
- Fantasy/Concept — olfactory accord inspired by coral reef
Miris
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
Calone, the molecule that made marine perfumery possible, was discovered by accident. Chemists at the pharmaceutical company Camilli, Albert & Laloue synthesized it in 1966 while researching benzodiazepine tranquilizers. The name is a portmanteau: CA (Camilli) + AL (Albert) + one (ketone). It sat unused for over two decades before entering perfumery in the late 1980s.
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
Not extracted from nature. Coral reef is a constructed olfactory accord. Its components are individually sourced: Calone (8-methyl-1,5-benzodioxepin-3-one) via organic synthesis; Helional via synthetic pathway from piperonal derivatives; seaweed absolute by solvent extraction of dried Fucus vesiculosus harvested off the Brittany coast; Ambroxan by hemisynthesis from sclareol (isolated from clary sage, Salvia sclarea). No coral or reef organism is harmed or extracted.
- Formula
- N/A — olfactory accord
- CAS
- N/A — olfactory accord, not a single molecule
- Botanički naziv
- N/A — olfactory accord (carries marine and aquatic elements)
- Jačina mirisa
- Srednji
- Sinonimi
- MARINE MUSK
Not applicable: accord or concept, not a single material
- Nota
- N/A - olfactory accord evoking marine, salty, and ozonic facets; typically composed of Calone and Helional
U parfemima
Heart-note anchor in warm-marine, Mediterranean, and coastal compositions. Functions as a complex marine core — biologically warmer and more mineral than standard Calone-driven aquatics. Built from micro-dosed Calone and Helional for ozonic lift, seaweed absolute for iodine depth, and Ambroxan or ambergris analogues for the dry, calcareous backbone. The accord differentiates warm coastal fragrances from the clean-blue aquatic family that dominated the 1990s. In a formula, it holds the middle ground between ozonic freshness and animalic-amber warmth.