HABANOLIDE FIRMENICH – dry, metallic, white musk note

CAS 111879-80-2. Macrocyclic musk is used in white floral notes, orange blossom, and woody notes. It is useful in marine and amber notes. It is used only in subtle perfumes, particularly colognes. It is distinguished from other notes by the orange blossom. This nuance only becomes evident after the molecule macerates in its base for a few weeks. A clean, powerful, and elegant musky perfume with powdery notes and a light metallic accent.
An elegant and significant note of musk.
Typical of macrocyclic musks, with a warm and slightly woody nuance. HABANOLIDE® is a very powerful musk. It combines the strength and tenacity of aromatic musks with the pleasantness and elegance of macrocyclic musks. Excellent for all applications.
Stable in alcoholic and functional bases.
Habanolide has become popular for its metallic character, reminiscent of hot ironed laundry, a quality perfumers typically consider an undesirable side effect. However, this bold, "urban high-tech" nuance can impart a unique, bright freshness, for which the term "white musk" was coined. The prototype white musk accord was created by Alberto Morillas in response to a commission for Emporio Armani White for Her (Armani, 2001), combining habanolide with 8.8% helvetolide. Their analysis shows that Morillas explores this hot iron theme: his Oxymusc (A Lab on Fire, 2014) contains up to 33% habanolide, this time supported by galaxolide and exaltolide for a light floral nuance, and muscenolone and musk ketone for animalic warmth.
Habanolide is considered one of the most valuable traditional "white" musks, along with galaxolide and ambrettolide. Habanolide has a certain "freshness" that makes it very popular.

Resistance 348 hours.

Common use: media 4 % , max - 13 % .

Recommendations IFRA - no .