Karanal

Note Profile

Molecule

About

A dry amber woody molecule with a watermelon top nuance. Bone-dry, dusty and radiant, with a burnt mineral edge and no sweetness.

Scent Profile

Dry_woody leads because every source leads with dry. Givaudan says "dry, woody amber", Olfactive Aesthetics says "bone-dry, dusty-woody", a supplier reviewer says "dry, radiant, woody". It sits above norlimbanol 0.85 by a hair and above amberwood 0.78, which is the company it keeps. Amber_resinous is the other half of the same phrase and is scored almost level with it, because no source ranks one above the other. Mineral carries the patent's "dry, mineral effect" and the trade description of a "burnt, mineral effect". That is well above amberwood 0.18 and it is the facet that separates this molecule from the rest of the dry ambers. Fruity is the watermelon. Two trade sources and one supplier reviewer name it independently, and one calls it the signature facet perfumers used to identify the material, but one of the two hedges with "IMO", so the spread is the widest here. Aquatic_ozonic is not stated by anyone. It is scored low and with a 0.16 spread only because the published watermelon note is aquatic_ozonic, and it would be dishonest to carry the watermelon comparison over and then assert that half of watermelon is absent. Powdery is "dusty", named twice. Smoky is the patent's "burning effect" and the trade phrase "burnt, mineral", held low because no source says smoke or char. Clean_musk, green, creamy_woody, earthy, animalic and sour run below, from one reviewer's "clean, sharp, a little bitter, green" and from the single "fossilised ambergris" comparison. Every facet at zero is unnamed rather than denied.

ScentWheel

Breadthbroad

EnvelopeBase · ~48h lasting

Family Woody & Earthy, Amber · Musk · Leather

Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.

Origin

A Givaudan aroma chemical, CAS 117933-89-8, one of the amber dioxanes. Not a natural. Givaudan's own wording, as relayed by a reseller, calls it "a powerful and radiant dry, woody amber note" with "outstanding fibre substantivity". A 2017 patent (WO2017097972A1) describes the same material as having "an unusual characteristic dry, mineral effect, which has also been expressed as a sharp, radiant, burning effect". Trade writing on its withdrawal groups it with the aged-wood and fossilised-ambergris impressions rather than with sweet ambers.

Usage in Perfumery

Three Parfumo placements across two brands, and no Fragrantica attestation. A base note and a diffusion booster. Givaudan lists it from fine fragrance down to soaps, detergents, shampoos and fabric conditioners, which is where its fibre substantivity earns its keep. Perfumers reached for it when a woody amber accord needed reach without sweetness. Replacement guides say substitutes need a dry amber plus a separate fruity aldehyde to cover both halves of it.