Crude: smoky, tarlike, resinous, with a distinct resemblance to the odor of tanned leather. Rectified: peculiar burnt-woody, somewhat camphoraceous odor, reminiscent of the 'still-…

The oil resembles that of chamomile with a certain woody-earthy undertone. Arnica Absolute or Arnica Resinoine are intensely herbaceous-sweet, tealike, somewhat spicy, powerful and…

Intense tar-like, smoky-phenolic odor.

Warm, woody-spicy and pleasant odor with increasingly sweet afternotes and great tenacity. Good oils bear some resemblance to dried milk or sweet leather, slightly creamy-nutty. Po…

Sweet-floral, balsamic and tenacious odor. The initial notes are woody-leathery with a fresh-floral undertone, a characteristic combination. The odor type is much "heavier" than th…

Warm, animal, leather-like sweet odor. A frequent 'smoky' note in castoreum is not natural but due to drying the glands over smoking fires. The 'birch-tar' note may also be due to …

Originally derived from untanned leather, but has evolved to describe tanning and processing materials. Associated with natural tars used as masking odors during tanning process, w…

Intensely sweet, balsamic, spicy, warm, yet fresh odor, somewhat reminiscent of wine residue (emptied sherry-wine glass). The vegetable-soup-like, slightly animal-sweet odor is ent…

Very pleasant pine-type odor: balsamic-sweet, faintly woody, also slightly spicy, reminiscent of cypress and juniperberry, with an increasingly oily-fatty, but interesting underton…

Distinctly phenolic, very penetrating and diffusive, obviously reminiscent of tar, charred wood and smoke. The most characteristic feature is the sweet-oily undertone which appears…

Fresh and sweet odor, at the same time reminiscent of pine needles, balsam and sweet orange oil. The woody undertone could almost be said to resemble bitter orange oil.

Pleasant, sweet-woody, yet somewhat tar-like or cade-like, smoky. On drying it becomes increasingly balsamic-sweet and shows great tenacity with a uniform, sweet-woody dryout. Rect…

Steam distilled: viscous oil of a sweet-floral odor with a rather sharp, peppery topnote which fades away quickly, giving way to a faintly fruity-floral, sweet-spicy, long-lasting,…