Opoponax

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Opoponax is curated in this catalog as a balsamic material, with a secondary reading of sweet resin.

On the strip it reads Sweet smoky labdanum myrrh.

It is registered under CAS 8021-36-1.

No atmospheric boiling point is curated for Opoponax, so its behaviour is read from curated diffusion and fixative values rather than from an estimated figure. On that reading it belongs to the base.

It evaporates slowly and anchors the drydown, still readable on skin hours after the top notes have gone.

The index runs from 0 for a material that barely leaves the strip to 1 for one that flashes off, and it is computed from boiling point and molecular weight. Inside a real formula the surrounding materials shift where the boundaries fall, so a material can read differently there than it does here.

Closest materials in the catalog

Scored on descriptor taxonomy and on measured physical behaviour, using the same ranking that drives the swap and reformulate tools. Price plays no part in the order.

• Myrrh Resinoid balsamic base 63%
• Styrax Essence balsamic base 62%
• Tolu Balsam EO balsamic base 61%
• Benzyl Cinnamate balsamic base 59%
• Amyris Wood (Haiti) creamy wood base 59%
• Benzoin (Styrax tonkinensis) 50% in ALC. balsamic base 57%

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