Description and usage notes:
A deceptively powerful material of great diffusion that should be used in traces to exalt and unify sandalwood and musk odourants. Easy to overdose but invaluable when properly used. Many people find it hard to smell, even in dilution and not everyone smells the same thing (see the Symrise description below). It can add great effects to woody, tobacco, musk and incense blends.
Despite its diffusive character this material is also very tenacious, even outlasting some musks.
Description from Symrise:
| Odor Description: | animalic, woody, amber, tonkin musk |
| Stability: | body lotion (good), shampoo/shower gel (very good), soap (good), AP roll-on 15% (good), detergent powder conc. (very good), cleaner liquid citric acid (good), cleaner APC liquid (very good), bleach (poor) |
| Perfumery Use: | individual perception varies between clean woody and animalic sweat-like; adds a warm sensual aspect to woody and musky notes; pretends a sensual attraction to fragrance acceptance |
| Use Level: | traces up to 1% |
It is provided here at 10% in ethanol to make blending a little easier, but we still recommend further dilution prior to use if you’re new to this material.
Thomas (verified owner) –
Not powerful to my nose.
Actually, I am using it in a knock-off of Seminalis by Orto Parisi along with Clearwood and Javanol.
I think that the effect of Aldron is to bring a subtle erogenic aspect to your accord.
thefragrantmind (verified owner) –
I am fortunate to be able to smell it and to me, it is a very noble, floral musk, with a sharp-ish edge.
Agree with the previous reviewer on the “subtle erogenic aspect”.
peter9370 (verified owner) –
This is the first aromatic chemical which I’ve encountered so far and which I’m almost completely unable to smell – massively frustrating, as from the descriptions it sounds as though it’s a really attractive and interesting material. I’m currently trying the experiment of leaving a fragrance strip stood in a vial containing a small amount, in the hopes that the concentration in the strip and surrounding air will eventually hit a point where I can perceive it, and/or my olfactory equipment figures it out. Possibly it’s working – this morning, I’m getting a very slight sense of something on the lines of paint/rubber/vinegar, which I think is different from the underlying smell of the ethanol diluent.
These chemicals which are right on the threshhold of perception are endlessly fascinating.
peter9370 (verified owner) –
Update to my previous review: after a few weeks of “practice”, I can now smell this material! It comes and goes, and the perception varies between floral, woody, musky and animalic – but the overall impression is very pleasant. I’d still need to experience the odour more before I’d dare use it in a blend.