# Opoponax Resinoid

Source: https://dupehacking.com/ingredients/opoponax-resinoid
CAS: 8021-36-1



Opoponax resinoid is not as common today as it should be, perhaps due to its hardness (hence being offered here at 50% in natural odourless triethyl citrate). It is also known as sweet myrrh which is understandable as it has a delightfully sweet caramel note making it especially valuable nowadays due to the popularity of gourmand scents. Unsurprisingly it blends well with other gourmand notes and with the other perfumery resins. Opoponax resinoid is not to be confused with the unrelated amber bases sold under the same name. In the words of the great Steffen Arctander, " Opoponax is a natural oleo-gum-resin, formed as a physiological product in natural cavities or tubular vessels in the paren… — Fraterworks

## How the catalogue uses it
- Appears in 2 formulas.
- Dose: 0.32% to 1.64%, average 0.98%.
- Most at home in: Oriental Spicy, Woody Spicy.
- Usually weighed alongside: Coumarin, Olibanum Coeur Oil, Amber Xtreme, Cardamom Oil, Ambrocenide, Ethyl Vanillin.


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