base musky

Ambretone® Substitutes & Alternatives

musky powdery animalic dry amber civet

Ambretone delivers an intense powdery musk character with subtle animalic undertones and a distinctive velvety smoothness that evokes classic nitro-musks.

Same material — different names

These share the same CAS number (37609-25-9) — the same core molecule sold under different trade names. They're close to interchangeable, but purity and isomer ratio can cause subtle differences in strength and character, so treat them as near-identical rather than exactly the same.

Velvione CAS 37609-25-9
Same molecule

⚗ 15 substitutes for Ambretone®

1.

Celestolide

84.3% match
base musky Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic, sweet and clean

2.

Macrolide

74.0% match
base green
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and sweet

3.

Musk Ketone

70.8% match
base musky Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and sweet

4.

Cosmone®

62.2% match
base amber
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, sweet and animalic

5.

Isomuscone

54.8% match
base musky
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and clean

6.

Luminide

52.4% match
base musky Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares powdery, musky, clean and sweet

7.

Exaltone

47.6% match
base musky Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and sweet

8.

Woody Base

46.1% match
base musky
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Why this substitute

Shares powdery, musky, animalic, sweet and clean

9.

MUSCENONE® DELTA

45.7% match
base woody
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery and animalic

10.

HABANOLIDE®

45.7% match
base musky
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, sweet and clean

11.

Aurelione®

41.8% match
base musky
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic and clean

12.

CIVETTONE

40.7% match
base musky
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery, animalic, clean and sweet

13.

Musk Z 4

38.2% match
base musky Same position
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Why this substitute

Shares musky and powdery

14.

Cervolide

37.3% match
base musky
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Why this substitute

Shares musky, powdery and sweet

15.

X-MUSK F-TEC

30.5% match
base fantasy
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Why this substitute

Shares musky and animalic