Maison Margiela Whispers in the Library — Type Formula
Old paper, waxed wood shelves and a trace of vanilla pipe smoke in hushed air.
An afternoon among leather-bound volumes, dust motes floating in slanted light. Peppered cedar and dry papery woods rest on tolu, benzoin and vanilla, evoking varnished oak and yellowed pages.
Accord skeleton
Composition (26 materials · type reconstruction · amounts locked)
| # | Material | CAS | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black pepper oil | 8006-82-4 | 9.8% 🔒 |
| 2 | Bergamot oil | 8007-75-8 | 7.6% 🔒 |
| 3 | Linalool | 78-70-6 | 6.1% 🔒 |
| 4 | Cedarwood Virginia oil | 8000-27-9 | 5.3% 🔒 |
| 5 | Iso E Super | 54464-57-2 | 4.7% 🔒 |
| 6 | Cedramber | 67874-81-1 | 3.9% 🔒 |
| 7 | Vertofix (methyl cedryl ketone) | 32388-55-9 | 3.2% 🔒 |
| 8 | Guaiacwood oil | 8016-23-7 | 2.6% 🔒 |
| 9 | Sandalwood oil | 8006-87-9 | 2.1% 🔒 |
| 10 | Ebanol | 67801-20-1 | 1.8% 🔒 |
| 11 | Isobutyl quinoline | 65442-31-1 | 1.4% 🔒 |
| 12 | Cypriol oil | -- | 1.1% 🔒 |
| 13 | Patchouli oil | 8014-09-3 | 0.9% 🔒 |
| 14 | Alpha-irone | 79-69-6 | 0.7% 🔒 |
| 15 | Evernyl (veramoss) | 4707-47-5 | 0.5% 🔒 |
| 16 | Vanillin | 121-33-5 | 0.4% 🔒 |
| 17 | Ethyl vanillin | 121-32-4 | 0.3% 🔒 |
| 18 | Heliotropin | 120-57-0 | 0.2% 🔒 |
| 19 | Benzoin resinoid | 9000-05-9 | 12.4% 🔒 |
| 20 | Tolu balsam resinoid | 9000-64-0 | 9.8% 🔒 |
| 21 | Coumarin | 91-64-5 | 7.6% 🔒 |
| 22 | Cashmeran | 33704-61-9 | 6.1% 🔒 |
| 23 | Ambroxan | 6790-58-7 | 5.3% 🔒 |
| 24 | Galaxolide | 1222-05-5 | 4.7% 🔒 |
| 25 | Habanolide | 111879-80-2 | 3.9% 🔒 |
| 26 | Hedione (methyl dihydrojasmonate) | 24851-98-7 | 3.2% 🔒 |
— = captive material without a public CAS (a substitution is provided in the full spec). Restricted allergens are IFRA-flagged in the paid spec.
What you get
Free — the complete material list, CAS numbers and accord breakdown above. Study the architecture before you spend a cent.
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