Skatole

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Skatole is 3-methylindole, an animalic modifier used at micro-dosages. Its smell changes with dose and the change is abrupt, not gradual. At any ordinary strength it is fecal and barnyard. Only at extreme dilution does it turn sweet and floral.

Scent Profile

Skatole is a fecal, barnyard animal smell at ordinary strength, and that is the smell it is known for. Only at extreme dilution does it flip into something sweet and warm, closer to a narcissus-like white floral, with a softer floral edge and a faint sweetness alongside it. The change between the two states is abrupt, with nothing in between.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeBase · ~30h lasting

Family Amber · Musk · Leather

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Skatole 3-methylindole animal · civet · fecal

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Origin

Made synthetically for perfumery. It occurs naturally in the faeces of mammals and birds, where it is the main contributor to the odour, and also in jasmine absolute at 2-3%, in civet paste, in coal tar and in orange blossom. It is not isolated from any of those for perfumery use.

Usage in Perfumery

Used at 0.001-0.01% of a formula, alongside indole, to give white floral accords the living, slightly dirty quality of a natural absolute. Jasmine, tuberose and orange blossom reconstructions carry it. It is also a component of animalic bases and civet reconstructions.