Musks - I had to dilute the musks with alcohol and diffuse them on paper strips in covered wine glasses in order to smell them. They are similar. All of them do a nice job as soft, pretty bases. Either that, or I had to put them on a test strip, close them in a room, leave, and come back later to smell them in the room.
Animalid: faint odour but it is nice and it is musky. as i am a total "musk in its variations" newbie that´s all i can say for now.
Ambrettoloide: yes, musky! but it is kind of subdued and does not do too much for me.
Ambrettolide, Perfumers Apprentice – The sweetest, most vanillic-floral of the musks I tried.
Ambrettolide - I could barely smell this one--a little sweet, musk-like. Strangely, it is giving me a headache
Cashmeran – Light, clean, bright musk. Not animalic at all. Almost dry and pine-like in its freshness. A bit apple-fruity.
Ethylene brassylate – Nice, floral, woody musk. I can smell this one pretty well, so I would recommend it to anosomics.
Galaxolide - 2% dilution in carrier oil : this was the hardest one - warm/clean?
Galaxolide: bright floral musk... perhaps with a tiny bit of wood.
Galaxolide – Soft, pretty base. Bright, clean musk.
Habanolide, Perfumers Apprentice – Soft, pretty base. My favorite, all-around, useful, white musk.
Habanolide – A bit more skin-like, powdery, white musk. This is my favorite.
Habanolide - 2% dilution in carrier oil : sweet, a little floral.
Habanolide: soapy and clean musk
Habanolide: more masculine/unisex musk, with a bit of green and some leather. Somewhat reminds me of Bandit.
Tonalide – Soft, pretty base. A bit sharper and drier to my nose than the others. More masculine.
Tonalide: mmm, familiar but can't place it. Feels rather minimalist but at the same time reminds me of paper with some musk.
Tonalide - 2% dilution in ethanol : warm, white musk.
Velvione: sweet and clean musk
Velvione-- I love this. I was hoping to find a biodegradable macrocyclic musk that had nitro-musk attributes and this is it. Soft, powdery and sexy.
Velvione, Perfumers Apprentice – A wee bit dirtier, more natural, warm musk.
Attention: these musks (although soft and cuddly) are extremely tenacious, in fact so persistent, that the trash can where I threw away my test strips still smells like them one month later. Like the synthetic sandalwoods, they cannot be underestimated in terms of their strength and usefulness. Curiously, the best way to smell them is to put the test strip in a room, close the door, and leave. Later, come back, and the room smells like musk. Or alternately, take a brandy glass, put the strip in there, cover it with foil, and leave it for a few hours or overnight. Take the glass to a "clean" room and uncover it. It doesn't work very well to drop musk on a test strip and then smell the strip. For some reason, especially in the presence of other samples, it is difficult to smell them immediately before they diffuse. I'd imagine the best way would be to dilute them to safe concentration and put them on one's skin.
Musk Ketone: sweet, classic, feminine, floral musk. Smelled like a perfume in itself rather than a note (I would wear this on it's own!)
Musk Ketone – Soft, pretty base. Has the sightly sour, warm, animalic aroma that I remember from musk oil in the 70s.
Musk Ketone - 2% dilution in carrier oil : relatively more distinct than the others - white musk, clean.
Musk, Red from Mid-East source- Dry, unsweet, musty, pungent, powdery, bitter, dusty, leathery. Hours later, sweeter and very complex. Sharper and more masculine than the white musk. As time passes, it just gets better and better.
Musk, White from Mid-East source- Smooth, musty, powdery, starts out bitter and ends up sweet and leathery. Soft yet animalic. This is drier, and dirtier. Hours later, still sweetening and becoming powdery. This is very nice. Smells like perfume all by itself. Still later, smells very sweet and close to some synthetic musks. Now I see what chemists have tried to capture--it is the drydown phase, alone, of real musk. This is gorgeous." I let my cats smell my arms, and they both started licking me. They have never done this before.
Musks – On the Habanolide/Velvione thing, I just got Habanolide as well, and haven't fully explored it yet. The funny thing is, there's a girl I know (I had a very drunken one night stand w/her once, 2 years ago) who wears Wild Musk. I can always tell when she's been in a hallway or elevator, and everytime I smell nitro-musks or musk ketone, it reminds me of her. Strange, because I have difficulty smelling some musks like Galaxolide, but the more powdery nitromusks are easier.
Animalid: faint odour but it is nice and it is musky. as i am a total "musk in its variations" newbie that´s all i can say for now.
Ambrettoloide: yes, musky! but it is kind of subdued and does not do too much for me.
Ambrettolide, Perfumers Apprentice – The sweetest, most vanillic-floral of the musks I tried.
Ambrettolide - I could barely smell this one--a little sweet, musk-like. Strangely, it is giving me a headache
Cashmeran – Light, clean, bright musk. Not animalic at all. Almost dry and pine-like in its freshness. A bit apple-fruity.
Ethylene brassylate – Nice, floral, woody musk. I can smell this one pretty well, so I would recommend it to anosomics.
Galaxolide - 2% dilution in carrier oil : this was the hardest one - warm/clean?
Galaxolide: bright floral musk... perhaps with a tiny bit of wood.
Galaxolide – Soft, pretty base. Bright, clean musk.
Habanolide, Perfumers Apprentice – Soft, pretty base. My favorite, all-around, useful, white musk.
Habanolide – A bit more skin-like, powdery, white musk. This is my favorite.
Habanolide - 2% dilution in carrier oil : sweet, a little floral.
Habanolide: soapy and clean musk
Habanolide: more masculine/unisex musk, with a bit of green and some leather. Somewhat reminds me of Bandit.
Tonalide – Soft, pretty base. A bit sharper and drier to my nose than the others. More masculine.
Tonalide: mmm, familiar but can't place it. Feels rather minimalist but at the same time reminds me of paper with some musk.
Tonalide - 2% dilution in ethanol : warm, white musk.
Velvione: sweet and clean musk
Velvione-- I love this. I was hoping to find a biodegradable macrocyclic musk that had nitro-musk attributes and this is it. Soft, powdery and sexy.
Velvione, Perfumers Apprentice – A wee bit dirtier, more natural, warm musk.
Attention: these musks (although soft and cuddly) are extremely tenacious, in fact so persistent, that the trash can where I threw away my test strips still smells like them one month later. Like the synthetic sandalwoods, they cannot be underestimated in terms of their strength and usefulness. Curiously, the best way to smell them is to put the test strip in a room, close the door, and leave. Later, come back, and the room smells like musk. Or alternately, take a brandy glass, put the strip in there, cover it with foil, and leave it for a few hours or overnight. Take the glass to a "clean" room and uncover it. It doesn't work very well to drop musk on a test strip and then smell the strip. For some reason, especially in the presence of other samples, it is difficult to smell them immediately before they diffuse. I'd imagine the best way would be to dilute them to safe concentration and put them on one's skin.
Musk Ketone: sweet, classic, feminine, floral musk. Smelled like a perfume in itself rather than a note (I would wear this on it's own!)
Musk Ketone – Soft, pretty base. Has the sightly sour, warm, animalic aroma that I remember from musk oil in the 70s.
Musk Ketone - 2% dilution in carrier oil : relatively more distinct than the others - white musk, clean.
Musk, Red from Mid-East source- Dry, unsweet, musty, pungent, powdery, bitter, dusty, leathery. Hours later, sweeter and very complex. Sharper and more masculine than the white musk. As time passes, it just gets better and better.
Musk, White from Mid-East source- Smooth, musty, powdery, starts out bitter and ends up sweet and leathery. Soft yet animalic. This is drier, and dirtier. Hours later, still sweetening and becoming powdery. This is very nice. Smells like perfume all by itself. Still later, smells very sweet and close to some synthetic musks. Now I see what chemists have tried to capture--it is the drydown phase, alone, of real musk. This is gorgeous." I let my cats smell my arms, and they both started licking me. They have never done this before.
Musks – On the Habanolide/Velvione thing, I just got Habanolide as well, and haven't fully explored it yet. The funny thing is, there's a girl I know (I had a very drunken one night stand w/her once, 2 years ago) who wears Wild Musk. I can always tell when she's been in a hallway or elevator, and everytime I smell nitro-musks or musk ketone, it reminds me of her. Strange, because I have difficulty smelling some musks like Galaxolide, but the more powdery nitromusks are easier.
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