Aroma Chemicals
Presents a refined, woody vetiver character with distinctive floral and waxy facets that bring freshness and sophistication to fragrance compositions
Odor Strength
Medium
Odor Type
Woody
How perfumers typically use Vetival in their compositions.
2 formulas
1 formulas
Fragrance styles and categories where Vetival appears most often.
1 formulas
1 formulas
Luebke, William tgsc, (1987): Floral woody vetiver waxy
Symrise: Woody, vetiver, citrus, floral. gives a clean freshness to vetiver accords; gives tart and bitter elements to citrus top notes; underlines red fruit characteristics
Stable in: body lotion (good), shampoo (very good), soap (very good), ap roll-on (very good), powder (very good), cleaner citric (very good), cleaner apc (excellent), bleach (poor).
Moellhausen: Mild woody, somewhat vetiveryl acetate-like
Pell Wall Perfumes: Floral, woody, vetiver, vetiveryl acetate, ambery
Arcadi boix camps, writing in 1985, says that this material “has a top note very typical of the essential oil of vetiver but without the woody note of vetiverol” but also points out that it is not a full substitute for the natural oil as it lacks the radiant effect.