75 materials found
Agar Oil
Aquilaria agallochaRich and sweet-woody, almost balsamic odor not unlike that of vetiverol or purified styrene-free styrax, and with a sweetness similar to that of sandalwood oil.
Ambra
Physeter catodonRather subtle, reminiscent of seaweed, wood, moss, with a peculiar sweet, yet very dry undertone of unequaled tenacity. There is rarely any animal note at all in a good grade of Am…
Basil Oil
Ocimum basilicumSweet-spicy, slightly green, fresh, with a faint balsamic woody undertone and a lasting sweetness. The exotic type is somewhat coarse-herbaceous, slightly camphoraceous in the init…
Bergamot Oil
Citrus bergamiaExtremely rich, sweet-fruity initial odor. Although the characteristics of this topnote remain perceptible in good oils, it is followed by a still more characteristic oily-herbaceo…
Bitter Orange Oil
Citrus aurantiumVery peculiar, fresh and yet 'bitter' in the sense of 'dry', but with a rich and lasting, sweet undertone. There are notes which remind of bergamot, grapefruit and sweet orange, bu…
Black Pepper Oil
Piper nigrumFresh, dry-woody, warm-spicy, reminiscent not only of the odor of dried black pepper, but also of elemi, cubeb and other essential oils of high terpene-sesquiterpene content.
Broom Absolute
Spartium junceumIntensely sweet, floral haylike fragrance. The deep herbaceous-coumarinic background has great tenacity. The honey-rose notes are particularly useful.
Capsicum
Capsicum annuumCapsicum Absolute has an interesting tobacco-like, sweet-herbaceous odor.
Carrot Seed Oil
Daucus carotaPeculiar dry-woody, somewhat root-like, earthy odor. The initial notes are sweet and fresh, but the tenacious undertone and dryout is very heavy, wet-earthy, fatty-oily, slightly s…
Celery Seed Oil
Apium graveolensSpicy-warm, sweet and rich, 'soup-like', longlasting and powerful, slightly fatty, typical of the odor of the seed (fruit) but less fresh than the odor of the celery plant. One of …
Cestrum Nocturnum Oil
Cestrum nocturnumExtremely heavy isoeugenol-like, faintly carnation-like, woody-warm, yet strongly floral odor.
Cistus Oil
Cistus ladaniferVery powerful and tenacious odor: warm and sweet, yet dry and reminiscent of ambra in its somewhat animal notes.
Clary Sage Absolute
Salvia sclareaExtremely rich, delicately sweet, yet bitter-winy and somewhat herbaceous odor of great tenacity. The absolute has a somewhat finer, less resinous odor, more balsamic-sweet than th…
Clary Sage Oil
Salvia sclareaSweet-herbaceous, tenacious in odor, soft and somewhat reminiscent of ambra in its bitter-sweet undertone. Apart from the initial linalylacetate—linalool notes, there is a very cha…
Costus Oil
Saussurea lappaPeculiar soft, but extremely tenacious odor, reminiscent of old, precious wood, orris root, fatty (but not rancid) acids, vetiverol, etc., with a distinctly animal or sebaceous und…
Cumin Absolute
Cuminum cyminumPowerful, but delicately mellow and round, green-spicy odor, very closely reminiscent of the odor of the crushed seed from which it is derived. The absolute has a striking resembla…
Cumin Oil
Cuminum cyminumExtremely powerful, diffusive, green-spicy, slightly fatty, but at the same time not sharp or pungent, almost soft and mellow. This softness is one of the main features of a true o…
Curcuma Oil
Curcuma longaUsually spicy and fresh, reminiscent of sweet orange, ginger and galanga. Japanese curcuma oil is warm, dry-woody, powdery, camphoraceous and slightly peppery-spicy with a peculiar…
Cypress Oil
Cupressus sempervirensSweet-balsamic, yet refreshing odor, reminiscent of pine needles oil, templin oil, juniper berry oil, cardamom oil (without the cineole-note), and with a unique dryout of delicate …
Dalmatian Sage Oil
Salvia officinalisFresh and strong, warm-spicy herbaceous and camphoraceous odor, somewhat reminiscent of artemisia vulgaris oil. A peculiar sweetness, reminiscent of tansy flowers, is characteristi…
Erigeron Oil
Erigeron canadensisSweet, but very fresh-spicy, herbaceous, basil-like odor. The dryout note is peculiar, winey-herbaceous and sweet, resembling the odor of powdered licorice root. Also resembles mor…
Expressed Lime Oil
Citrus aurantiifoliaIntensely fresh, rich and sweet, peel-like odor, perhaps more lemon-like than the odor of distilled lime oil, but also mellower and somewhat 'perfumery'. The tenacity of the fragra…
Fenugreek Extract
Trigonella foenum-graecumIntensely sweet, spicy, protein like, soup-like and caramellic odor from comminuted seed. The characteristic odor is a celery-like spicyness, a coumarinic-balsamic sweetness and an…
Geranium Absolute
Pelargonium graveolensIntense and very powerful, somewhat leafy-earthy, but soft and pleasant odor. The leafy-green notes are quite pronounced, but the rich, rosy-minty undertone remains on a blotter th…
Ginger Absolute
Zingiber officinaleVery true reproduction of ginger rhizome, concentrated many times. The sweetness is emphasized, the rich, warm spiciness is predominant, and the tenacity is only modest. The typica…
Hay Oil
Delightfully sweet-herbaceous, tea-like fragrance, reminiscent of the odor of sage clary, wet tea leaves and hay. The undertone and the dryout are almost floral-woody, but remain s…
Hop Absolute
Humulus lupulusIntensely deep-herbaceous, rich and green-spicy odor with a peculiar and characteristic "bitter"-leafy undertone, distinct and tenacious. A valerian-like topnote develops in older …
Hyssop Oil
Hyssopus officinalisPowerful, somewhat sharp, but sweet-camphoraceous odor, and with a warm-aromatic, spicy undertone.
Jaborandi Oil
Pilocarpus jaborandiSweet-herbaceous, somewhat fruity, not exactly pleasant odor; the odor tones out later on in a tea-like, somewhat bitter, but quite pleasant undertone.
Jasmin Absolute from Concrète
Jasminum grandiflorumIntensely floral, warm, rich and highly diffusive odor with a peculiar waxy-herbaceous, oily-fruity and tea-like undertone. The odor and the nuances in the undertone varies accordi…