AtlasAnimalic
Civetone
The macrocyclic ketone that gives civet its musk.
- Place in the wear
- Base
- What remains. Woods, resins, roots, musks.
- Office
- Fixative
- Holds the span so the opening does not leave alone.
- Family
- Animalic
- Type
- Synthetic
- CAS
- 542-46-1
- Origin
- Synthetic
- Span
- Stays in the drydown. A measured span on blotter and skin is not yet recorded.
- Odor
- Animalic, musky, warm, sensual
- IUPAC
- (9Z)-cycloheptadec-9-en-1-one
- Formula
- C17H30O
- FEMA
- 3425
Diluted, it lends a warm, sensual animal musk that fixes florals.
Civetone is a synthetic material; PubChem gives its IUPAC name as (9Z)-cycloheptadec-9-en-1-one. Formula C17H30O, molecular weight 250.4. The atlas files it under Animalic; its office is fixative and its place is the drydown.
Sources
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- PubChem CID 5315941 synonyms
- PubChem CID 5315941 synonyms
- PubChem CID 5315941
- PubChem CID 5315941
- PubChem CID 5315941: Physical Description