Norlimbanol Dextro™ (dsm-firmenich)

What does Norlimbanol Dextro smell like?

The supplier describes it as woody and ambery, the pure dextro isomer of Norlimbanol, and in longer form as an incredibly powerful woody-amber signature with penetrating animalic dryness, elegant musky warmth, subtle sandalwood aspects and patchouli-direction nuances, producing an exceptionally diffusive and tenacious extreme desiccation effect. That desiccating dryness is the point of it in a formula: it strips moisture out of an accord and leaves a rasping, skin-close woody amber under everything else. It is a base note lasting over two weeks on a smelling strip, averages around 0.25% in a compound, and the same supplier notes the standard racemic quality is the easier of the two to dose, so the dextro wants weighing with precision.