Muscenone

About this material

Muscenone is perhaps the nicest of the musk chemicals and certainly one of the most profound in its ability to add radiance, blending and fixation to a fragrance. This musk has the ability to put people at ease and to induce comfort, so much so that casinos famously spray it through their air conditioning ducts to keep clients gambling longer. Muscenone can be used in trace to overdose. According to Arctander: “Delicate, but extremely tenacious musky odor, upon dilution developing more woody notes, not quite as soft and velvety as those of the Muscone , perhaps equal in power, but inferior in beauty.” And Perfumery: Techniques in Evolution (a series of articles published in Perfumer and Flav… — Fraterworks

Usage in formulas

The 541st most used material of 1414 in the catalogue, present in 6 of 807 formulas. A signature material: whoever uses it means to.