Exaltone

About this material

Exaltone® [ cyclopentadecanone] is a luxurious, refined musk that anchors compositions without overpowering them. Its balance of warmth, sweetness, and slight animalic nuance makes it one of the most sophisticated musks available today. Arctander says, “it improves the 'wearability' of a perfume when properly incorporated in the fragrance. Its power becomes more perceptible and evident in extreme dilution, e.g. below one percent in the perfume oil.” To compare Exaltone (this product) and the very similarly named Exalt- en- one [ 5-cyclohexadecen-1-one] we can say that E xaltone is more powdery, natural, and elegant with a focus on fixative strength, whereas Exaltenone is more powerful, opaqu… — Fraterworks

Usage in formulas

The 300th most used material of 1414 in the catalogue, present in 22 of 806 formulas. A signature material: whoever uses it means to.