Castoreum Absolute

beaversacs

Classification

• Botanical Name :
• Other Names : Casterum Absolute Resin
• CAS Number : 8023-83-4 / 68916-34-7
• Origin :

Extraction Method

• Parts Used : Exudate from the castor sacs of the mature North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) and the European Beaver (Castor fiber).
• Solvent Extraction
• Physical Description : dark brown semi-solid to solid

Olfactory Description

• Family : Animalic / Phenolic
• Perfumery Note: fixative
• intense leathery smoky animal sweet musky fruity olives ink tobacco warm birch-tar Russian leather

Chemical Constituents

• 4-ethylphenol
• 1,2-dihydroxybenzene (catechol)
• acetophenone
• 3-hydroxyacetophenone
• 4-methyl-1,2-dihydroxybenzene (4-methylcatechol)
• 4-methoxyacetophenone
• 5-methoxysalicylic acid
• salicylaldehyde
• 3-hydroxybenzoic acid
• 6-methyl-1-heptanol
• 4,6-dimethyl-1-heptanol
• isopinocamphone
• pinocamphone
• linalool oxide
• linalyl acetate
• benzoic acid
• benzyl alcohol
• borneol
• Ortho-cresol
• 4-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)-2-butanone
• hydroquinone
• phenol
• nupharamine alkaloids
• castoramine
• cis-cyclohexane-1,2-diol