{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "amber-teaching-accord",
 "type": "Accord",
 "version": 2,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 8,
 "confidence": "B",
 "sources": [
  "OSMO-1",
  "KLE-1",
  "LAB-1"
 ],
 "name": {
  "value": "An amber (the perfumer’s, not the resin)",
  "evidence": "house interpretation",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "C",
  "note": "the house’s name for this teaching accord"
 },
 "purpose": "teaching",
 "disclaimer": "A teaching accord for learning: not a Radler formula, not a finished perfume, not safety-assessed; do not make it for skin.",
 "structure": {
  "value": "A perfumer’s amber: labdanum and vanillin as a warm, sweet, resinous base, lifted by a balsamic resin.",
  "evidence": "perfumery convention",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "B",
  "note": "the trade’s convention; the review on file says amber notes are base notes serving as fixatives (KLE-1), and labdanum is taken for perfumery for its fixative properties in place of ambergris (LAB-1)"
 },
 "family": {
  "value": "amber (the Osmothèque’s \"Ambré\")",
  "evidence": "perfumery convention",
  "source": "OSMO-1",
  "where": "docs/sources/OSMO-1-osmotheque-collection-2015.md:47",
  "quote": "Shalimar GUERLAIN 1925 EXT Ambré Ambré Doux Jacques Guerlain",
  "confidence": "B",
  "note": "the family as the Osmothèque classes a fragrance of this structure"
 },
 "components": [
  {
   "material": "labdanum-absolute",
   "role": {
    "value": "base",
    "evidence": "perfumery convention",
    "source": "KLE-1",
    "where": "docs/sources/KLE-1-kleoff-2022-odorants-in-flow.md:45",
    "quote": "Notably, there are odorants (in particular amber notes) which are base notes serving as fixatives but also enhancing the perceptibility of a perfume",
    "confidence": "B",
    "note": "the review: amber notes are base notes serving as fixatives; labdanum as an amber note is the trade’s convention"
   },
   "teaching_parts": {
    "value": 45,
    "unit": "parts",
    "evidence": "modeled",
    "confidence": "C",
    "note": "teaching proportions, a house interpretation for learning: modeled, not measured, not a formula, not for making"
   },
   "volatility": {
    "value": null,
    "evidence": null,
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": null,
    "note": "no volatility class on record for labdanum-absolute"
   },
   "identity": {
    "value": "the resinous base, taken for its aromatic and fixative properties",
    "evidence": "documented",
    "source": "LAB-1",
    "where": "docs/sources/LAB-1-frazao-2024-labdanum-resin.md:15",
    "quote": "the extraction of its exuded resin (which has the commercial name of labdanum “gum”) for the fragrance/perfumery industry, because of its aromatic and fixative properties, replacing ambergris",
    "confidence": "A"
   }
  },
  {
   "molecule": "vanillin",
   "role": {
    "value": "base",
    "evidence": "documented",
    "source": "KLE-1",
    "where": "docs/sources/KLE-1-kleoff-2022-odorants-in-flow.md:21",
    "quote": "Typically, fresh and citric odorants, e.g., limonene, are top notes, while warm and sweet odorants such as vanillin are base notes",
    "confidence": "A",
    "note": "the same sentence: \"warm and sweet odorants such as vanillin are base notes\""
   },
   "teaching_parts": {
    "value": 35,
    "unit": "parts",
    "evidence": "modeled",
    "confidence": "C",
    "note": "teaching proportions, a house interpretation for learning: modeled, not measured, not a formula, not for making"
   },
   "volatility": {
    "value": "base",
    "evidence": "modeled",
    "source": null,
    "where": "data/1b/volatility.json:58",
    "confidence": "C",
    "note": "the molecule record’s volatility class (modeled: data/1b/volatility.json is a set of site constants, not measurements)"
   },
   "identity": {
    "value": "the sweet base of the amber convention",
    "evidence": "perfumery convention",
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": "B",
    "note": "the trade’s convention"
   }
  },
  {
   "material": "frankincense-resin",
   "role": {
    "value": "heart",
    "evidence": "perfumery convention",
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": "B",
    "note": "the trade’s top / heart / base convention for this material"
   },
   "teaching_parts": {
    "value": 20,
    "unit": "parts",
    "evidence": "modeled",
    "confidence": "C",
    "note": "teaching proportions, a house interpretation for learning: modeled, not measured, not a formula, not for making"
   },
   "volatility": {
    "value": null,
    "evidence": null,
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": null,
    "note": "no volatility class on record for frankincense-resin"
   },
   "identity": {
    "value": "a balsamic resin to lift the base",
    "evidence": "perfumery convention",
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": "C",
    "note": "the house’s choice among the balsamic resins on record"
   }
  }
 ],
 "substitutions": [
  {
   "for": "labdanum-absolute",
   "name": "ambergris",
   "value": "Historically the other way round: labdanum stood in for ambergris.",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "LAB-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/LAB-1-frazao-2024-labdanum-resin.md:15",
   "quote": "the extraction of its exuded resin (which has the commercial name of labdanum “gum”) for the fragrance/perfumery industry, because of its aromatic and fixative properties, replacing ambergris",
   "confidence": "A"
  }
 ],
 "history": [
  "tiemann-haarmann-vanillin-1874",
  "lorigan-launch-1905",
  "shalimar-launch-1925",
  "carthage-labdanum-sample"
 ],
 "fragrances": [
  "lorigan",
  "lheure-bleue",
  "shalimar",
  "tabu"
 ],
 "regulations": [
  "eu-2023-1545"
 ],
 "descriptors": [
  "balsamic",
  "amber",
  "vanilla",
  "sweet",
  "lemony",
  "piney"
 ],
 "media": [],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/science#accord-building",
  "tool": "/atelier#accord-architect"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "A perfumer’s amber: labdanum and vanillin, warm, sweet and resinous.",
  "body": [
   "In perfumery \"amber\" names this accord, not the fossil resin. Both of its main materials are base notes: it lasts longest on the strip."
  ]
 },
 "teaching_variants": [
  {
   "id": "v1",
   "label": "The amber as written",
   "kind": "teaching variant, modeled",
   "basis": "the record as written",
   "as_written": true,
   "why": {
    "value": "The amber as the record writes it: labdanum and vanillin as a warm, sweet, resinous base, lifted by a balsamic resin.",
    "evidence": "perfumery convention",
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": "B",
    "note": "the accord record’s structure field (perfumery convention)"
   },
   "regulations": [],
   "history": [],
   "fragrances": []
  },
  {
   "id": "v2",
   "label": "Vanillin-forward",
   "kind": "teaching variant, modeled",
   "basis": "house teaching example",
   "why": {
    "value": "A house teaching example: more vanillin and less resin, to show the sweet side of the amber taking over. The vanillin synthesis on record is linked for context.",
    "evidence": "house interpretation",
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": "C",
    "note": "a house teaching example: no filed source documents this version, and it is not a reconstruction of any perfume"
   },
   "regulations": [],
   "history": [
    "tiemann-haarmann-vanillin-1874"
   ],
   "fragrances": [],
   "components": [
    {
     "material": "labdanum-absolute",
     "teaching_parts": {
      "value": 30,
      "unit": "parts",
      "evidence": "modeled",
      "confidence": "C",
      "note": "teaching proportions of a teaching variant, a house interpretation for learning: modeled, not measured, not a formula, not for making"
     }
    },
    {
     "molecule": "vanillin",
     "teaching_parts": {
      "value": 55,
      "unit": "parts",
      "evidence": "modeled",
      "confidence": "C",
      "note": "teaching proportions of a teaching variant, a house interpretation for learning: modeled, not measured, not a formula, not for making"
     }
    },
    {
     "material": "frankincense-resin",
     "teaching_parts": {
      "value": 15,
      "unit": "parts",
      "evidence": "modeled",
      "confidence": "C",
      "note": "teaching proportions of a teaching variant, a house interpretation for learning: modeled, not measured, not a formula, not for making"
     }
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "v3",
   "label": "Resins, no vanillin",
   "kind": "teaching variant, modeled",
   "basis": "house teaching example",
   "why": {
    "value": "A house teaching example: the amber without vanillin, labdanum and frankincense alone, to show what the sweet part was doing.",
    "evidence": "house interpretation",
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": "C",
    "note": "a house teaching example: no filed source documents this version, and it is not a reconstruction of any perfume"
   },
   "regulations": [],
   "history": [],
   "fragrances": [],
   "components": [
    {
     "material": "labdanum-absolute",
     "teaching_parts": {
      "value": 60,
      "unit": "parts",
      "evidence": "modeled",
      "confidence": "C",
      "note": "teaching proportions of a teaching variant, a house interpretation for learning: modeled, not measured, not a formula, not for making"
     }
    },
    {
     "material": "frankincense-resin",
     "teaching_parts": {
      "value": 40,
      "unit": "parts",
      "evidence": "modeled",
      "confidence": "C",
      "note": "teaching proportions of a teaching variant, a house interpretation for learning: modeled, not measured, not a formula, not for making"
     }
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}