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Ambroxan smells warm, salty and skin-like, with a soft woody-amber heart and a faint tobacco facet. It is the most influential aroma molecule of the last thirty years and the reason modern fragrance often feels so close to skin.
Ambroxan is the trade name for ambroxide, a synthetic molecule first isolated in the 1950s and now produced by Firmenich and others. It reproduces the key aroma facets of natural ambergris, which is why it is central to the clean, salty, skin-close signature of perfumes like Dior Sauvage, Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume and most of the Escentric Molecules range.
Ambroxan is a base note and a near-universal amplifier. Perfumers use it to add radiance and diffusion to almost any composition, to bridge florals and woods, and to give modern freshness a longer-lasting, skin-warmed feel. It pairs beautifully with iso e super, citrus, lavender and synthetic musks.
Ambroxan performs year-round, reading coolest in summer and warmest in winter, and suits unisex signatures beautifully.
