- Origin
- an amber perfumery base
- Raw materials
- Ambrarome
- Extraction
- synthesis / blend
- Olfactory group
- amber, balsamic
- Position in the pyramid
- base
- Synthetic substitutes
- labdanum, benzoin, vanillin, amber molecules
Ambrarome is the name of a ready-made amber perfumery base that perfumers place in the base notes next to resins and balsams. Manufacturers do not disclose the composition of such bases, but their purpose is clear — to give a composition a warm, dense amber depth.
How it smells: warm, resinous and slightly sweet: labdanum, benzoin, vanilla, a soft balsamic quality and a light powdery shade. Ambrarome sounds enveloping, oriental and very long-lasting.
Amber bases are ready-made “blocks” that perfumers use so as not to assemble amber from dozens of separate materials every time. They make the base of a fragrance smooth, warm and long-lasting.
What it pairs with: with labdanum and benzoin — dense amber compositions, with sandalwood and cedar — warm wood, with iris — powdery amber, with myrrh and frankincense — resinous fragrances, with vanilla and tonka — a sweet warm base.
Good to know: ready-made perfumery bases are a long tradition: major manufacturers have produced some of them for decades, and many famous fragrances of the last century were built on such bases.
