123 materials found

Agar Oil

Aquilaria agallocha
Essential Oil Balsamic Sweet Woody On Order Only

Rich 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.

Ambrette Seed Oil

Abelmoschus moschatus
Essential Oil Floral Fruity Musky Limited Quantities

Rich, sweet, floral-musky, distinctly wine-like or brandy-like odor with a bouquet and roundness rarely found in any other perfume material. Has some notes in common with cypress o…

Ammoniac Gum

Dorema ammoniacum
Oleo-gum-resin Animalic Balsamic Phenolic / Sharp Not Commercial

Penetrating sulphuraceous-mercaptanelike odor, reminiscent of onions. The alcohol soluble portion of the essential-oil-free ammoniac gum is a pleasant smelling, balsamic type.

Angelica Root Oil

Angelica archangelica
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Herbaceous Musky Limited Quantities

Light, somewhat peppery topnote (from young roots). Rich, somewhat herbaceous-earthy, woody body-note of unique tenacity and great diffusive power. Slightly musky-animal-like with …

Asafoetida

Ferula asafoetida
Oleo-gum-resin Balsamic Phenolic / Sharp Resinous Readily Available

Distinctly alliaceous odor with garlic-onion-like topnote, beneath which is an immensely rich and sweet-balsamic body of highly interesting type. The dryout reveals some vanillin o…

Atlas Cedarwood Resinoid

Cedrus atlantica
Resinoid Balsamic Resinous Woody On Order Only

Very true-to-nature fragrance without the camphoraceous-cresylic, or ketonic-sharp topnote found in the essential oil. May carry some solvent odor (benzene) due to tremendous fixat…

Atractylis Oil

Atractylis ovata
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Strong peppery, woody-spicy, warm and dry, somewhat reminiscent of elemi, ginger, and galanga.

Beeswax Absolute

Apis mellifera
Absolute Coumarinic / Hay Sweet waxy Limited Quantities

Very mild, sweet, oily odor, with a haylike or coumarinic bodynote and a soft, waxy undertone. The odor is remotely reminiscent of good (not harsh) linseed oil with a trace of hone…

Black Pepper Oil

Piper nigrum
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Resinous Spicy Readily Available

Fresh, 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.

Bruyère Absolute

Erica arborea
Absolute Balsamic Green / Leafy Spicy Irregular / Rare

Very mild, woody-green and pleasant-balsamic, slightly spicy-aromatic. Resembling guaiacwood or araucaria oils.

Cabreuva Oil

Myrocarpus fastigiatus
Essential Oil Floral Sweet Woody Irregular / Rare

Sweet-woody, very delicate and slightly floral odor. Its tenacity is one of its greatest virtues. Certain lots may display dry topnotes similar to those found in cubeb oil or in th…

Calamus Oil

Acorus calamus
Essential Oil Balsamic Spicy Sweet Readily Available

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…

Cangerana Oil

Cabralea cangerana
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Distinctly woody, very dry and earthy, spicy-peppery, reminiscent of cubeb oil, cyperus oils, carrot seed oil, clove leaf sesquiterpenes.

Capé Oil

Popowia capea
Essential Oil Floral Minty Sweet On Order Only

Strong, woody-floral and deep-sweet odor with a somewhat minty-sharp topnote. The tenacity is excellent.

Cardamom Oil

Elettaria cardamomum
Essential Oil Balsamic Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Readily Available

warm-spicy, aromatic, at first penetrating camphoraceous-cineole-like or somewhat medicinal, reminiscent of eucalyptus. Later, it becomes balsamic-woody, increasingly sweet and alm…

Carrot Seed Oil

Daucus carota
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Peculiar 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…

Cascarilla Oil

Croton eluteria
Essential Oil Herbaceous Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Strong spicy-aromatic, warm-woody, slightly peppery odor reminiscent of nutmeg, myrtle, melaleuca alternifolia, hyssop and other spices or culinary herbs. Its topnote is not exactl…

Cassie Absolute

Acacia farnesiana
Absolute Balsamic Floral Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Extremely warm, powdery-spicy, at the same time herbaceous and floral with a deep and very tenacious cinnamic-balsamic undertone.

Castoreum

Castor canadensis
Animal (crude) Animalic Leather Smoky / Tarry Readily Available

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 …

Cedrela Odorata Oil

Cedrela odorata
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Pleasant, dry-woody and powerful odor, reminiscent of cedarwood oil, Texas and cubeb oil or clove leaf oil sesquiterpenes with an undertone like carrot seed oil, however, without t…

Celery Seed Oil

Apium graveolens
Essential Oil Spicy Sweet warm Readily Available

Spicy-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 nocturnum
Essential Oil Floral Spicy Sweet Irregular / Rare

Extremely heavy isoeugenol-like, faintly carnation-like, woody-warm, yet strongly floral odor.

Ceylon Cinnamon Bark Oil

Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Essential Oil Spicy Sweet Woody Limited Quantities

Extremely powerful, diffusive, warm-spicy, sweet and tenacious odor. The undertone and dryout notes reveal a persistent dryness which is very unique in combination with the distinc…

Cinnamon Leaf Oil

Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Essential Oil Oriental / Heavy Spicy Woody Readily Available

Warm-spicy, but rather harsh odor, lacking the rich body of the bark oil. Has some resemblance to the odor of clove leaf oil and clove stem oil.

Cistus Oil

Cistus ladanifer
Essential Oil Animalic Balsamic Spicy Limited Quantities

Very powerful and tenacious odor: warm and sweet, yet dry and reminiscent of ambra in its somewhat animal notes.

Civet

Viverra civetta
Animal (crude) Animalic Musky Sweet Readily Available

typically animal-sweet, free from faecal notes, urine notes or the like. The undertone bears some resemblance to that of ambrette seed oil and of a well cured goat skin. The odor o…

Clary Sage Oil

Salvia sclarea
Essential Oil Balsamic Herbaceous Sweet Readily Available

Sweet-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…

Clavel Moena Oil

Essential Oil Spicy Woody Not Commercial

Warm-spicy, nutmeg-like, cinnamon-leaf-like odor. The undertone and the dryout are distinctly dry-woody, less spicy and it is strongly reminiscent of the odor of clove leaf sesquit…

Clove Bud Oil

Eugenia caryophyllata
Essential Oil Fruity Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Sweet-spicy note with fruity-fresh topnote and a touch of acetic odor making it refreshing. The eugenol note is distinctly subdued, sweetened and freshened by trace materials.

Clove Stem Oil

Syzygium aromaticum
Essential Oil Spicy Woody Readily Available

Strong spicy, somewhat woody, but quite pleasant odor when fairly fresh and well stored. The odor is not very different from that of eugenol (which is sweeter and less woody). Redi…