Acacia (Mimosa)
Acacia dealbata var. dealbata (Mimosaceae) Wattle
Acacia farnesiana (Mimosaceae) Cassie
Mimosa pudica (Mimosaceae) Sensitive mimosa
The stamens of the composite Mimosacean flowers are usually longer than the petals so the flowers look like small woollen globules. The yellow 'mimosas' of the florist shops are actually acacias, as true mimosas never have yellow flowers. An example of a true mimosa is the sensitive mimosa, Mimosa pudica, famous for closing its leaflets rapidly upon touching (lower photos).
Many acacias have fragrant flowers. Two species, A. decurrens var. dealbata (upper photos) and A. farnesiana are utilized in perfumery.
The flowers of A. farnesiana, or cassie, yields an absolute having an extremely warm, powdery-spicy and at the same time herbaceous and floral odor with a deep and very tenacious cinnamic-balsamic undertone - according to Arctander. It has been reported to contain anisaldehyde, benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, butyric acid, coumarin, cresol, cuminaldehyde, decanal, eicosane, eugenol, farnesol, geraniol, 2-hydroxyacetophenone, methyleugenol, methyl salicylate, nerolidol, palmitic acid, salicylic acid, and alpha-terpineol [184]. Demole et al. discovered some unusual odoriferous C-11 compounds in cassie: (Z)-3-methyl-3-decen-1-ol, (Z)-3-methyl-3-decenoic acid and (E)-3-methyl-4-decenoic acid [185].
A new trend in luxury perfumes is 'vintage editions' based on exceptional harvests. A supreme bloom of mimosas (acacias) in southern France in the spring of 2005 was made into an absolute of outstanding quality, used in Amarige - Grasse mimosa 2005 harvest (Givenchy).

Allspice
Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae)
Soon after the discovery of America, Spanish explorers noted that the Mexican Indians used the berries from a certain bush in their warm cocoa drinks to enhance its flavour. They had to do with the fruits of a member of the Myrtle family, now known as allspice, a spice "with a flavour resembling clove, pepper as well as cinnamon", as the encyclopaedia says. The mature, unripe berries are dried and used, mostly ground, in sausages, pickles and Christmas cookies. Jamaica is one of the major exporters.
Allspice oil, or pimento berry oil, is obtained by steam distillation. Its main constituents are eugenol (up to 75 %), 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) and the sesquiterpene caryophyllene [6]. See the relatives bay and clove.

Ambra (Ambergris)
Physeter macrocephalus (P. catodon) (Physeteridae) Sperm Whale, Cachalot
The legendary ambra (Fr. ambergris, grey amber) is a pathological metabolite of the sperm whale, probably arising from injuries in its intestines as a result of certain food intakes. It is abundant in steroid lipids and has a lower density than water. The odorless triterpene alcohol ambrein is one of its main constituents. When the excreted chunks of ambra (lower left photo) are exposed to sunlight and air at the surface of the sea, a number of oxidation products with a pronounced odor are gradually formed, see diagram.
Ultimately the ambra washes ashore along the ocean coasts. Since antiquity it has been highly valued as a sensualizing fixative in perfumery. It is used as a 3 % tincture (in 90 % ethanol) which has matured by standing over a period of time with occasional shaking. However, nowadays it is a rare item on the perfumer's shelf.
One of the most important ambra odorants is ambrox. Today it is synthesized, e.g. from the diterpene sclareol, found in the plant Clary Sage or from the diterpene abienol, found in the oleoresin of Balsam fir. According to Müller and Lamparsky [5], the powerful and elegant odor of ambrox matches the first four tonalities of aged ambergris tincture: 1. wet mossy forest soil, 2. strong tobacco, 3. balsamic sandalwood, 4. warm animal musk (the last two are: 5. seaweed/ocean, 6. faecal). Ambrox of high quality is marketed as Cetalox ® by Firmenich and as Ambrofix ® by Givaudan. Samples may be purchased from Perfumers World. An example of a perfume utilizing ambrox is Drakkar Noir (Guy Laroche 1982) [43].
Etymology: Lat. cetus, whale.

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For a long time biologists have discussed the purpose of the sperm whale's grotesquely large nose, which is filled with a liquid wax called spermaceti (because of a superfluous similarity to sperm) and measures one third of the body's length. Biologists from University of Aarhus in Denmark developed a new kind of acoustic sensors to be used in deep-sea measurements along the coast of northern Norway. The results from five year's study established definitely, in 2002, that the nose of the sperm whale is a gigantic sound generator, used by the animal as an advanced sonar for locating prey in dives of more than 1000 m's depth. The sound-generating nose weighing close to 10 tonnes creates an extremely narrow beam of sound with the strongest sound pulses in the animal world - in intensity comparable to those measurable half a metre in front of a powerful riffle [182] [183]. The spermaceti-filled cavities in the nose function as a wave guide, see diagram. Spermaceti consists principally of liquified cetyl palmitate (or n-hexadecyl hexadecanoate). In its pure state, cetyl palmitate forms white, waxy crystals with a melting point of 54°C.

Ambrette seeds
Abelmoschus moschatus (Malvaceae)
Ambrette seeds come from a tropical hibiscus. The seeds contain an oil with a fatty-musky, slightly ambery odour. It's most important odoriferous components are the macrocyclic musks 5(Z)-tetradecen-14-olide and
7(Z)-hexadecen-16-olide, also called ambrettolide [6]. The oil was formerly highly appreciated in perfumery, but has now been largely replaced by synthetic musks. For example, the isomer 9-hexadecen-16-olide is made by the Swiss company Givaudan.
Musk odorants in plants are always macrocyclic lactones (see also angelica). In animals, using musks as pheromones, they may be ketones as well as lactones, see musk deer, musk rat, and civet.