AtlasAmber
Sclareol
A labdane diol from clary sage, faint in itself but central to the ambergris chemistry of perfumery.
- Place in the wear
- Base
- What remains. Woods, resins, roots, musks.
- Office
- Fixative
- Holds the span so the opening does not leave alone.
- Family
- Amber
- Type
- Natural isolate
- CAS
- 515-03-7
- Origin
- Nature-identical isolate
- Span
- Stays in the drydown. A measured span on blotter and skin is not yet recorded.
- Odor
- Faint, balsamic and ambery, with a dry, tobacco-like warmth
- IUPAC
- (1R,2R,4aS,8aS)-1-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-2,5,5,8a-tetramethyl-3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-ol
- Formula
- C20H36O2
Sclareol smells softly of dried herbs, balsam and tobacco. Its greater importance is as the starting point for ambroxan and sclareolide, but it also works directly as a gentle fixative in ambers and chypres.
Sclareol is a nature-identical isolate; PubChem gives its IUPAC name as (1R,2R,4aS,8aS)-1-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-2,5,5,8a-tetramethyl-3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-ol. Formula C20H36O2, molecular weight 308.50. The atlas files it under Amber; its office is fixative and its place is the drydown.
IFRA
- Sclareol
Specification · Amendment 39 · 2005-01
Sources
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- PubChem CID 163263 synonyms
- PubChem CID 163263
- PubChem CID 163263
- IFRA Standard: Sclareol (Amendment 39)