Exaltolide®

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Exaltolide is a macrocyclic musk lactone. Scentspiracy calls it intense, sweet, soft, skin-like, ambrette, floral and musky. Arctander, quoted by Perfume Extract, calls it delicately animal, musky and sweet, with an extremely tenacious odour of outstanding uniformity. Both readings stress evenness. It is a musk that sits on skin rather than one that announces itself.

Scent Profile

Exaltolide smells musky and skin like, soft rather than sharp. A sweet warmth runs through it, even and steady throughout. A powdery softness sits close behind, appearing at both strong and diluted readings. A delicate, faintly animal warmth sits underneath, never dirty. Faint floral, woody and fruity touches drift at the edges, giving it outstanding tenacity and evenness on skin.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeBase · ~42h lasting

Family Amber · Musk · Leather

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Exaltolide® Oxacyclohexadecan-2-one musk · animal · licorice

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Origin

Made synthetically. CAS 106-02-5, the 16-membered macrolactone oxacyclohexadecan-2-one, also called pentadecanolide. Exaltolide is the Firmenich, now dsm-firmenich, trade name, and it is also sold as Exaltolide Total.

Usage in Perfumery

A base note and a fixative, valued for tenacity as much as for its own smell. Scentspiracy calls it a true olfactive modulator that improves wearability and diffusion on skin, gives its blotter life as up to two weeks, and names a synergy with Musk T. Dose decides what you hear: undiluted listings lead with sweet, powdery, musk and woody, while a 10 per cent dilution in DPG reads musk, animal, powdery, natural and fruity. Attested on 3 Fragrantica note listings and 2 Parfumo placements across 1 brand.