Product Introduction
Ambroxide (CAS: 6790-58-5) delivers a highly sophisticated, warm woody-ambery aroma with rich, sensual ambergris and sweet tobacco facets. As a legendary fixative and enhancer, it imparts incomparable volume, diffusion, and a velvety warmth to fragrance creations. Ideal for fine perfumery, cosmetics, and household care, Ambroxide offers outstanding substantivity on skin and fabrics, coupled with excellent stability and clean performance.
CAS:6790-58-5
Appearance: White crystals
Sensory Organoleptic Properties: Pure ambergris, with clear amber and woody notes.
Melting point: 74–77°C
Purity (GC): ≥99.0%
Loss on drying: ≤0.5%
Aroma characteristics: Possesses a dry, luxurious ambergris-like fragrance, complemented by woody notes reminiscent of pine and cypress, along with subtle green and tea aromas.
Natural occurrence: Found in perilla oil and ambergris tincture, it is classified as a natural equivalent spice.
Soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol, with a boiling point of 121 °C (133 Pa) and a flash point of 161 °C.
Packaging: 1 kg per pack, 25 kg per barrel (customizable as needed)
Storage conditions: Store in a sealed, dry place at room temperature away from direct sunlight, and keep away from sources of ignition and oxidizers.
Olfactory Description
- Core Odor Profile: An ultra-clean, dry, and extremely long-lasting modern ambergris-woody note.
- Odor Details: It radiates a velvety, warm dry-woody aroma, interweaving with a salty-marine facet. It also carries subtle whispers of old book pages, clean paper, and a highly sensual, warm skin-like musky undertone.
- Spatial Performance: It possesses extraordinary diffusion, projection, and tenacity. It seamlessly melts into the skin, releasing a subtle yet highly seductive personal aura triggered by body heat.
Product Uses
- Acting as the Star Ingredient: Perfumers frequently design formulas around it, or even dilute it as the sole ingredient to create avant-garde, minimalist fragrances (such as Molecule 02, which contains only Ambroxan and alcohol).
- Providing Powerful Fixation: Its stable molecular structure and extremely low volatility allow it to anchor volatile top notes like citrus and florals, extending the fragrance’s overall longevity.
- Exalting and Amplifying Other Ingredients: It acts as a “scent amplifier.” It remarkably boosts the dimension of musks, florals (like jasmine and rose), and woody notes in a formula, adding roundness and volume.
- Replacing Natural Ambergris Perfectly: It successfully replaces the extremely rare and expensive animal-derived ambergris, allowing perfumers to freely express this luxurious scent.
Application Scenarios
- It reigns supreme in modern perfumery. Perfumers rely heavily on it to create modern, sexy, and clean bases in masculine icons (such as the signature dry-woody drydown in Dior Sauvage), feminine classics (D&G Light Blue), and niche fragrances.
- Premium hair care brands add Ambroxide to high-end shampoos and hair mists. It clings exceptionally well to keratin (hair fibers). Even days after washing, it continues to release a warm, seductive trail whenever a breeze passes through the hair.
- Fabric care manufacturers formulate it into premium scent boosters and softeners. It easily survives washing cycles and high dryer heat, imparting a long-lasting, luxurious, “sun-dried cotton” cleanliness on dry fabrics.
- Candle makers highly favor Ambroxide due to its excellent thermal stability. It ensures the candle throws a consistent, premium, and enveloping warm amber-woody scent from the first burn to the last, instantly elevating the home ambiance.
