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Sclarene 80%/DPG™ (Givaudan)

CAS 38303-23-0  ·  Synthetic  ·  Base note  ·  Dry woody amber

Impact

8 of 10

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Woody 55%Amber 27%Musk 18%
dry 55%dry 27%musk 18%

What does Sclarene 80%/DPG smell like?

Givaudan's description is a strong dry woody note with camphor and warm metallic undertones, classed olfactively as woody, dry and ambery. It is 4,5-decamethyleneoxazole, and it is sold only as an 80 percent solution in dipropylene glycol, so the bottle on the bench is already a dilution and the dosing has to account for it. Its real function is as a musk booster and fixative: it has good substantivity on both damp and dry substrate and works synergistically with musky and ambery materials, Ambrofix in particular, lifting them without adding a sweet amber of its own. Normally kept below 1 percent, though it can be pushed higher to build a distinctive dry woody signature. Several days on the blotter and excellent bloom in soap.

woodydrycamphoraceousamberwarmmuskytenacious

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What else is Sclarene 80%/DPG called?

4,5-Decamethyleneoxazole  ·  Sclarene 80% in DPG  ·  Metal Oxazole

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What can replace Sclarene 80%/DPG?

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.

  • Aldambre
    carries Dry woody, musk, Dry amber. Warm amber
    86%
  • Aldambre 83% + Kohinool 17%
    carries Dry woody, musk, Dry amber. Warm amber; Aldambre brings the Dry woody side (83%); Kohinool brings the Dry woody side (17%)
    87%
  • Aldambre 88% + Oxyoctaline Formate 12%
    carries Dry woody, musk, Dry amber. Warm amber; Aldambre brings the Dry woody side (88%); Oxyoctaline Formate brings the Dry woody side (12%)
    87%
  • Aldambre 86% + Andrane 14%
    carries Dry woody, musk, Dry amber. Warm amber; Aldambre brings the Dry woody side (86%); Andrane brings the Dry woody side (14%)
    86%
  • Aldambre 83% + Boisiris 17%
    carries Dry woody, musk, Dry amber. Warm amber; Aldambre brings the Dry woody side (83%); Boisiris brings the Dry woody side (17%)
    85%

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Sclarene 80%/DPG

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
8
Hours on a blotter
estimated from family and band
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
3
Constituent breakdown
not on file

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Carrying several families, in order
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Sub-category assignments
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A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
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CAS number
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Supplier synonyms
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Constituent breakdowns
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