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Castoreum Absolute

CAS 8023-83-4  ·  Natural  ·  Base note  ·  Leathery animalic

Impact

8 of 10

Substantivity

17 days on a blotter

Working dilution

5% what we prefill
Leather 50%Animalic 25%Gourmand 17%Smoky 8%
animalic 71%honey 25%birch 4%

What does Castoreum Absolute smell like?

Deep animalic-leathery absolute from beaver castor sacs: warm birch-tar leather, honeyed fruit, musk and a purring animal warmth that smooths into luxurious depth on dilution. Historic keystone of leather and animalic chypres; ethical sourcing concerns drive most modern use toward reconstructions.

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What is Castoreum Absolute made of?

An estimate, not a certificate of analysis. PerfuMate sums it when it checks a formula; paste your own supplier analysis and it takes over.

ConstituentCASShare
Benzyl alcohol 100-51-6 4%
p-Cresol 106-44-5 1%
Benzaldehyde 100-52-7 0.3%

What else is Castoreum Absolute called?

Castoreum Blend (Natural)  ·  Castoreum ext.  ·  Castor absolute  ·  Beaver castor  ·  Castoreum resinoid  ·  Beaver castor absolute  ·  Castoreum

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What can replace Castoreum Absolute?

Computed, not collected from forums. A pair covers together what one cannot. The number is how much of this material's character a bottle carries, not a promise that it is the same thing.

  • Castoreum Base (synthetic)
    carries Animalic leather, Castoreum animalic, Smoky leather, Birch leather. Honey gourmand; Honeyed animalic; a molecule standing in for a natural: the rest of the oil does not come with it
    68%
  • Castoreum Base (synthetic) 75% + Honey Absolute 25%
    carries Animalic leather, Castoreum animalic, Honey gourmand, Smoky leather. Castoreum Base (synthetic) brings the Animalic leather side (75%); Honey Absolute brings the Honey gourmand side (25%)
    82%
  • Castoreum Base (synthetic) 70% + Honey Absolute 15% + para-Cresyl phenylacetate 15%
    carries Animalic leather, Castoreum animalic, Honey gourmand, Smoky leather. Castoreum Base (synthetic) brings the Animalic leather side (70%); Honey Absolute brings the Honey gourmand side (15%); para-Cresyl phenylacetate brings the Honeyed animalic side (15%)
    83%
  • Castoreum Base (synthetic) 74% + Hay absolute 26%
    carries Animalic leather, Castoreum animalic, Smoky leather, Birch leather. Honey gourmand; Honeyed animalic; Castoreum Base (synthetic) brings the Animalic leather side (74%); Hay absolute brings the Honey gourmand side (26%)
    78%
  • Castoreum Base (synthetic) 78% + Beeswax Absolute 22%
    carries Animalic leather, Castoreum animalic, Smoky leather, Birch leather. Honey gourmand; Honeyed animalic; Castoreum Base (synthetic) brings the Animalic leather side (78%); Beeswax Absolute brings the Honey gourmand side (22%)
    78%

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Castoreum Absolute

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
4
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
8
Hours on a blotter
17 days
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
7
Constituent breakdown
3 molecules

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Described in words
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Impact rating out of 10
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Classified into an olfactive family
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Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
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A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

Every regulatory join - IFRA, GHS, allergens - is by CAS number, and a material can supply one through its constituents as well as its own row, so of the 569 materials carrying no CAS number the 244 without a constituent table are the ones that return "nothing known" rather than "nothing applies". The blotter hours are sourced rather than measured by us, and the app labels every one of them an estimate. There is no physical chemistry on a row: no molecular weight, no vapour pressure, no boiling point. The longer answer, or the whole catalog counted.