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Fenchyl Alcohol Natural Isolate
Adam Michael has this to say “First, Fenchyl Alcohol Natural Isolate is without question, a super power. Therefore it must be handled with extreme care, best suited for the semi-professional perfumers and beyond. I kid you not, take the cap off the bottle for a few minutes and your immediate environment will stink, spill a drop and your home will smell like a damp mouldy wooden staircase. And if like me, your partner is house proud, well, you will find yourself in the dog house for a few days, this I assure you with experience!
Now, here in the beautiful and very picturesque Tuscan countryside I always stumble across old buildings and more times than not, they are in a somewhat dilapidated and abandoned state. I write this because Fenchyl Alcohol Natural Isolate in pure form through to 50% dilution smells exactly of old abandoned countryside buildings, dried out doors and windows with the paint work peeling off, plaster falling away from the brickwork, plant life growing in the crevasses between the bricks and near the drainage, the damp, the cold and light mouldy aroma throughout, all of that is encapsulated within this natural isolate. Incredible. I think its worth as well to mention that most literature suggests this material exudes a sweet lemony scent, its not really entirely accurate concerning this natural isolate. You really only detect a lemony scent should you warm the pure material via bain marie – as the pure material can crystalise. And in this instance, whilst the material is warm, you detect a lemony scent that leans more towards a boiled lemon rind aroma. I think most of the sweet and lemony commentary must apply to the synthetic offering, as the notes are really not overly representative of this natural isolate.
Another point to make is if you are familiar with Geosmin, you will be aware key word descriptors include, cold, dampy, earthy, rain like qualities – even though for me, at a 1% dilution, it always reminded me of an aroma comparable to smelling the inside of a fish tank that has just had all the water removed. The point is you find very similar structure, body and general behavior with Fenchyl Alcohol, it too saturates the environment, it has a very “cold” presence , you will unearth damp and earthy aroma similarities.
Regarding uses, many dream and discuss the idea of recreating that – old church aroma, well now you can. Fenchyl Alcohol Natural Isolate pairs exceptionally well with frankincense materials, especially olibanum resinoid. Works wonders with my one and only creation – smoke liquid, useful for building forest floor notes, pairing nicely with both 3 octanol and mushroom absolutes. Also works well with patchouli and both oakmoss and treemoss.”
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5 reviews for Fenchyl Alcohol Natural Isolate
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Alberto (verified owner) –
Cellars, old buildings, churches, ancient prisons (concrete and metal) moist and damp, earthy, these is how I can describe this intriguing material. I can also detect the lemony notes that Adam mentions, right from the start after I take off the cap. One special material that opens the doors to so many combinations and possibilities. The first thing that came to mind when I opened the bottle was actually a scene from a movie, where some ancient tombs and passages are found beneath an old church. Somehow, the scent of this material associated very well with that scene.
Marketa Mita (verified owner) –
As a person who loves a cellar smell I am happy I don’t feel the urge to visit weird undeground places any more and I can now saturate my addiction from this bottle. Suprisingly authentic smell of a noble cellar, or could be a cathedral or a church – there’s a hint of frankensence somewhere very far away, there’s even the touch of cold coming from the damp air, itś a silent place where you can feel the ticking of the time stopped for a while. One on the best materials for dreaming and mind travelling. I use it often in tiny amounts, it brings elegance.
Robert (verified owner) –
Whaaaoooo! This is a very unique powerhouse material! Description is spot on, its all in there, the damp the cold the metal the barrenness. I’m a little afraid of this one but can’t wait to play around it, highly diluted of course! Frankincense is an obvious pairing but I’m wondering how vetiver, some citrus and tuberose might work? Only 1 way to find out!
Simon DTW (verified owner) –
Oh I love this material so much!
The perfect accent material, but honestly such a beautiful note on its own if you ask me! I have used it in scentscapes in combination with other mossy, earthy, mushroomy, damp, musty materials. Im incorporating it in a tropical floral scent I’m working on at the moment. It’s so fascinating and useful if you want to recreate certain environments or create some drama in a composition. Or to add naturalness to a blend if used in really low doses.
Juan P (verified owner) –
Translated with translate google:
There is something noble in this smell: it is a clean but old smell, as if when opening a large abandoned house, the very fine dust would be disturbed and tickle your nose (that tickle is what some may relate to the lemon), in a it notes something balsamic, camphor, hence its brotherhood with incense. And there is the point of humidity, of the room not airy but clean. A scent more spiritual than sensual. Something unique and precious.