Note
Ambrein
Pure ambrein is largely odorless, unlike the complex smell associated with aged ambergris. Its perfumery relevance lies in the fragrant products formed from its transformation, which contribute to ambergris-like base effects.
In 2 perfumes.
Most popular with ambrein
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to ambrein more often than chance would predict.
Too few perfumes to say.
How it reads
Woody and citrus above all. Reaches for fresh, fruity and animalic far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for vanilla.
- woody
- citrus
- fruity
- sweet
- fresh
- white floral
- aromatic
- animalic