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

Faint odor of the bean with a cheese-like, almost rancid odor due to butyric acid content. The flowers yield a concrete of mimosa-cassie type odor.

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 …

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

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…

Typical amine-like or 'animal' odor of wet and pulverized cola nuts. This 'proteine' type of odor vanishes completely when cola extracts are used in acid media.

Peculiar 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…

Very fresh, sweet and anisic odor, reminiscent of Texas goldenrod oil. The odor also resembles that of estragon but it is less green-herbal than this. There is finally some resembl…

Extremely soft, sweet-woody and almost animal-balsamic odor, presenting little or no particular topnote, and remaining uniform for a considerable length of time due to its outstand…

Warm, intensely floral, somewhat indolic-sharp, but immensely rich and tenacious. Various types of herbaceous sweet, fatty green, tea-like or 'bread'-like, almost 'broth'-like odor…

Sweet, herbaceous balsamic, somewhat ambra-like and slightly animalic, rich and tenacious.

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…

Mild, fatty-oily odor, reminiscent of the odor of freshly expressed linseed oil (after proper ageing). The odor is also reminiscent of the slightly fishy-animal-like odor of fresh …

Characteristic animal-type, slightly amine-like, sweet and very persistent odor. Intense, yet typical musk odor in absolute form.

Sweet-aromatic, reminiscent of spicy soups (a faint resemblance to celery or lovage), a sweet-woody undertone and a peculiar, animal-like, also sweet and root-like note. Although t…

Sweet, meat-extract-like odor and extreme pungency.

Heavy, sweet-woody and spicy-animal odor, reminiscent of valerian, ginger, cardamom and Atlas cedarwood oils.

Intensely sweet. Due to the high content of Anethole (up to 90/95%), star anise oil is strongly reminiscent of 'true' anise oil.

Warm woody, balsamic-root like odor with a distinct animal undertone of masklike character and great tenacity. A fresh-green, slightly camphoraceous topnote is also typical in the …

Extremely rich, sweet, somewhat woody and animal (castoreum-like), tobacco-like and very deep in its balsamic, sweet-spicy body-note. Actually, the odor of vanillin is not one of t…