Contemporary Lab Bundle (7 full size materials)

$180.00
Three modern perfume ingredients in small amber bottles with black caps on a wooden surface against a blue wall.

Contemporary Lab Bundle (7 full size materials)

$180.00

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Ambroxide (10%) 5ml
Iso E Super 10ml
Galaxolide 50% 5ml
Dihydromyrcenol 5ml
Calone (1%) 5ml
Anisaldehyde 5ml
Alpha Isomethyl Ionone 5ml

Modern perfumery is defined by abstraction. Transparent woods, diffusive ambers, clean musks and aquatic freshness. These are the materials that shaped contemporary fragrance from the 1980s onward.

The Contemporary Lab explores the molecules behind “sport”, “marine” and “woody-amber” compositions.

Contents:
7 × 5ml:

Ambroxide (10%)
Iso E Super
Galaxolide 50%
Dihydromyrcenol
Calone (1%)
Anisaldehyde
Alpha Isomethyl Ionone

Smell each material on a blotter strip and give it time. Several of these molecules behave differently at distance than they do up close, and some will reveal their character only after five or ten minutes of development.
Work in this order: Dihydromyrcenol and Calone first (the lightest, most diffusive), then Anisaldehyde and Alpha Isomethyl Ionone, then Iso E Super and Galaxolide, and Ambroxide last.

Try simple experiments:

Blend Dihydromyrcenol and Calone in equal parts. This is the core of the aquatic genre that defined the 1990s
Add a drop of Galaxolide to any blend to observe how a synthetic musk functions as a fixative and skin-layer

Combine Iso E Super and Ambroxide in small amounts. This woody-amber combination appears in some form in a significant proportion of modern masculine fragrances.

Add Anisaldehyde to Alpha Isomethyl Ionone and observe how a sharp, anisic floral and a soft powdery violet interact

Try Calone at 1% in a citrus blend and note how a single molecule shifts the entire character toward something marine and ozonic.

Full technical specifications and safety data for each material are available on their individual product pages.

Suitable for:

Alcohol-based perfumes
Oil perfumes
Reed and oil diffusers

Not recommended for incense applications.
Ambroxide is supplied at 10% in a carrier due to its solid state at room temperature in neat form. Galaxolide is supplied at 50% in isopropyl myristate. Calone is supplied at 1% given its exceptional potency. All other materials are supplied neat. Follow IFRA guidelines when formulating finished products. For external use only. Avoid direct skin application without further dilution. Store away from heat and direct light.