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4 materials found

Indian Valerian Oil

Valeriana wallichii
Essential Oil Balsamic Camphoraceous / Medicinal Earthy / Rooty Irregular / Rare

Balsamic-woody, slightly spicy-root-like odor with a distinct note of valerian acid, more or less pronounced according to the age of the oil. The musk-like and patchouli like, camp…

Marigold Absolute

Calendula officinalis
Absolute Earthy / Rooty Green / Leafy Herbaceous Limited Quantities

Intensely bitter-herbaceous odor with very peculiar notes and a green "crushed-stalk" note.

Savin Oil

Juniperus sabina
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Phenolic / Sharp Pine / Coniferous Irregular / Rare

Quite unique, very unpleasant, nauseating but also slightly reminiscent of juniperberry oil and cypress oil. The initial unpleasant notes could remind one of the odor of wormseed o…

Seaweed Absolute

Various seaweed species
Absolute Green / Leafy Herbaceous Marine / Seaweed Limited Quantities

Intensely green-herbaceous, phenolic-woody and "dry" odor type, distinctly recalling the odor of seaweed drying on a salt water beach after a heavy storm or surf.

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