# Exaltone

Source: https://dupehacking.com/ingredients/exaltone
CAS: 502-72-7



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

## How the catalogue uses it
- Appears in 22 formulas.
- Dose: 0.11% to 6.51%, average 1.97%.
- Most at home in: Leathery, Amber Woody, Floral Woody Musky.
- Usually weighed alongside: Ambroxan, Iso E Super, Hedione, Ethyl Linalool, Exaltolide, Hedione HC.


## Citing this
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