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Nirvanolide® (Givaudan)

CAS 329925-33-9  ·  Synthetic  ·  Base note  ·  Clean musk

Impact

6 of 10

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Musk 50%Powdery 25%Fruity 17%Aldehydic 8%
clean 36%powdery 34%pear 30%

What does Nirvanolide smell like?

Powerful, creamy-powdery Givaudan musk lactone with a slightly fruity, waxy nuance reminiscent of musk ambrette but nitro-free. Highly substantive on fabric and skin, prized in modern clean-musk drydowns.

muskypowderycleanfruitywaxy

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What else is Nirvanolide called?

13-Methyloxacyclopentadec-10-en-2-one

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What can replace Nirvanolide?

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.

  • Cervolide
    carries Clean musk, Musky powdery, Pear fruity, Sweet musk. Waxy aldehydic; Powdery aldehydic; softer, so use a little more
    78%
  • Cervolide 71% + Hexadecanolide 29%
    carries Clean musk, Musky powdery, Pear fruity, Sweet musk. Waxy aldehydic; Powdery aldehydic; Cervolide brings the Clean musk side (71%); Hexadecanolide brings the Powdery musk side (29%); softer, so use a little more
    84%
  • Cervolide 68% + Exaltolide 32%
    carries Clean musk, Musky powdery, Pear fruity, Powdery musk. Sweet musk; Waxy aldehydic; Powdery aldehydic; Cervolide brings the Clean musk side (68%); Exaltolide brings the Powdery musk side (32%); softer, so use a little more
    82%
  • Cervolide 64% + Luminide 36%
    carries Clean musk, Musky powdery, Pear fruity, Sweet musk. Waxy aldehydic; Powdery aldehydic; Cervolide brings the Clean musk side (64%); Luminide brings the Clean musk side (36%)
    81%
  • Cervolide 72% + Nitro Musk (F-TEC) 28%
    carries Clean musk, Musky powdery, Pear fruity, Sweet musk. Waxy aldehydic; Powdery aldehydic; Cervolide brings the Clean musk side (72%); Nitro Musk (F-TEC) brings the Sweet musk side (28%)
    81%

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Which materials are closest to Nirvanolide?

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Nirvanolide

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
4
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
6
Hours on a blotter
estimated from family and band
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
1
Constituent breakdown
not on file

All 2,211 materials

Described in words
every one
Impact rating out of 10
2125
Classified into an olfactive family
2,172
Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
9,899 across 229 pairs
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.