In short
Ambrinol is a trade name for a bicyclic alcohol with a powerful ambergris odour. It reproduces the animalic, earthy side of ambergris and is used in small amounts.
What Ambrinol smells like
Ambrinol is a powerful ambergris material: Scentspiracy describes warm animalic and musky undertones with tobacco, leathery, earthy and slightly faecal nuances characteristic of natural ambergris, dry, tenacious and complex, with very high odour strength. A glossary finds it rawer and more tobacco-like than Ambroxan, with pronounced leathery and earthy qualities.
- Leading note
- Raw animalic ambergris
- Clear facets
- Earthy
- Supporting facets
- Tobacco, leathery, musky
- Faint facets
- Faecal
- Character
- Powerful, dry, animalic, tenacious
What makes Ambrinol distinctive
The animal side of ambergris that Ambroxan leaves out: earthy, leathery and slightly faecal.
How Ambrinol is used
Used in traces for a natural, animalic ambergris effect in amber, chypre and leather compositions.
Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend); fixative (slow to evaporate; helps a blend last and holds lighter notes).
How Ambrinol differs from similar materials
- Ambroxan
- Ambroxan is the clean, mineral warmth; Ambrinol is rawer and more tobacco-like, with leathery and earthy qualities. (compared directly by a cited source)
An asterisk marks a difference that a cited source states directly. The others compare the published descriptions of each material. Smell varies with grade, supplier and dilution; compare them side by side on blotters before substituting one for another.
Formulation considerations
Very powerful; use from dilution.
Identity and classification
- Type
- Aroma chemical
- Origin
- Synthetic
- Odour family
- Amber / Animalic
- Note position
- Base note
- Physical form at room temperature
- Liquid
- CAS number
- 41199-19-3
- Molecular formula
- C13H22O
- Molecular weight
- 194.31 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,5,5-trimethyl-1,3,4,4a,6,7-hexahydronaphthalen-2-ol
The CAS number, formula and molecular weight are taken from PubChem compound 162452, whose own record lists this CAS number; checked 19 October 2026.
Safety and compliance
Hazard classification of the neat substance, as PubChem summarises it, read 26 October 2026. Companies notifying the ECHA C&L Inventory classify it (167 reports): H315 causes skin irritation (32.9% of reports); H412 harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects (32.3% of reports). 112 of the reports find it does not meet the hazard criteria. Unless it is harmonised, this is the notifiers' own classification, not a binding one.
This page is general information, not a safety assessment or a specification. Confirm identity, composition, IFRA status and allergen content from your supplier's documents for the lot you hold.
Materials it works with
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Ambroxan
Aroma chemical · Amber / Woody — amber, ambergris, woody, mineral
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Sclareolide
Aroma chemical · Amber / Woody — amber, woody, tobacco, warm
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Labdanum Absolute
Absolute · Amber / Leather — amber, balsamic, leathery, animalic
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Iso E Super
Aroma chemical · Woody / Amber — woody, velvety, amber, cedar
Used in formulas and accords
Used in 9 published formulas
Ambrinol is an ingredient in 6 perfume formulas and 3 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.
Community formulas
RUŌOD House Originals
Original compositions by RUŌOD House.
Further reading
Questions about Ambrinol
Is Ambrinol natural or synthetic?
Ambrinol is synthetic — it is made by chemical synthesis.
What is the CAS number of Ambrinol?
41199-19-3. It was checked against PubChem on 19 October 2026.
Which published formulas use Ambrinol?
Ambrinol is used in 9 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Bright Wolf, Brined Olive Accord and Fur & Fruit. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.
Sources
- PubChem — compound 162452, checked 19 October 2026.
- PubChem — GHS classification (the ECHA C&L Inventory notifications and any harmonised EU entry), read 26 October 2026.
- Scentspiracy — Ambrinol 10% DPG — distributor's description.
- Premiere Peau — Ambrinol — published perfumery reference.
- Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 21 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.