Kephalis

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Kephalis is a Givaudan molecule, CAS 36306-87-3, used as a long-lasting heart and base note. It smells warm, dry and woody with an ambery sweetness and a tobacco facet.

Scent Profile

Kephalis smells dry and woody, an old-wood character rather than a freshly cut one. An amber, resinous warmth runs alongside it, giving it a rich, rounded sweetness. A tobacco-like note develops as it wears, setting it apart from plainer woody ambers. A light herbal top and a soft, creamy woodiness show only faintly.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeBase · ~24h lasting

Family Woody & Earthy, Amber · Musk · Leather

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Perfumers can use this material directly to make Kephalis.

Kephalis amber · tobacco · herbal

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A given perfume with this note may use this material, or something else.

Origin

4-(1-ethoxyethenyl)-3,3,5,5-tetramethylcyclohexanone, made synthetically and sold by Givaudan. It is also traded as Kephalis D, a dilution, which is the same material and not a separate note. It has no natural source.

Usage in Perfumery

A workhorse in the woody-ambery base. Givaudan states it blends with jasmine, rose, violet and lavender as well as with ambery, woody-aldehydic, tobacco and masculine accords.