Synthetics
Isolongifolanone (givaudan) smells like a fresh, dry, and diffusive woody note with rich amber qualities.
Luebke, William tgsc, (1984): Dry woody patchouli cedar earthy tobacco incense
IFF: A dry, diffusive, woody, earthy, pine, patchouli note. long lasting
Pell Wall Perfumes: Warm-woody, dry-vetiver, earthy-patchouli, tobacco, amber
The material has both top-note and base-note effects and contributes vitality to perfume compositions. arcadi boix camps described this material, in 1978, as “strong fresh and radiant … of immense olfactory value” and says it is “absolutely necessary in the perfumer’s choice of materials”
Givaudan: Fresh woody note, dry and diffusive with rich amber quality
Isolongifolanone has a fresh woody note, dry and diffusive with rich amber quality.
Moellhausen: Warm woody, aspects of patchouli and vetivert oils
Perfumery Laboratory: Warm woody, dry (vetiver), earthy pachulievy, tobacco, amber