33 materials found

Ajowan Oil

Ptychotis ajowan
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Limited Quantities

Pungent, herbaceous-spicy and medicinal odor, reminiscent of red Thyme. However, unlike the rich odor of red thyme, Ajowan Oil presents a sharper, more cymene-like topnote and very…

American Wormseed Oil

Chenopodium ambrosioides
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Phenolic / Sharp Sweet Limited Quantities

Heavy, unpleasant, nauseating odor, a sharp, camphoraceous topnote and a woody-sweet undertone. The odor faintly recalls that of savin oil.

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.

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…

Bay Leaf Oil

Pimenta racemosa
Essential Oil Balsamic Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Readily Available

Fresh-spicy, somewhat medicinal, but it has a lasting, sweet-balsamic undertone. The odor of this oil is quite obnoxious to some people, sickly sweet, nauseating. To others, it is …

Betel Oil

Piper betle
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Smoky / Tarry Limited Quantities

Distinctly phenolic, almost tar-like or 'smoky'. Great deal of resemblance to the odor of maté-leaves (or maté absolute) and to certain types of Chinese tea.

Black Currant materials

Ribes nigrum
Other Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Woody Irregular / Rare

Powerful spicy-woody odor with slightly phenolic undertone and not outstanding tenacity (absolute). Distinctly terpenic odor reminiscent of terpenes in nutmeg, neroli, basil, or ma…

Buchu Leaf Oil

Barosma betulina
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Earthy / Rooty Minty Limited Quantities

Very peculiar: strong, bitter-sweet, minty-camphoraceous, rootlike, penetrating and somewhat medicinal, reminiscent of cough preparations.

Cade Oil

Juniperus oxycedrus
Essential Oil Leather Phenolic / Sharp Smoky / Tarry Readily Available

Intense tar-like, smoky-phenolic odor.

Caraway Oil

Carum carvi
Essential Oil Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Readily Available

Strong and peculiar odor typical of the fruit, but with a fatty-harsh undertone in crude oil. Rectified oil has stronger, less fatty odor. Characteristic initial note of nauseating…

Clove Leaf Oil

Eugenia caryophyllata
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Woody Readily Available

Crude oil: somewhat harsh, phenolic, only slightly sweet, with a 'burnt' breadlike note, distinctly different from eugenol and clove bud oil. Woodiness and dryness are the most typ…

Garlic Oil

Allium sativum
Essential Oil Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Limited Quantities

Extremely intense obnoxious odor, to a certain degree reminiscent of garlic, but with a predominant mercaptane-like note which masks the delicate, although strong and highly diffus…

Hazelwort Oil

Asarum europaeum
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Sharp, peppery, spicy-woody and warm, but not very pleasant odor. Somewhat reminiscent of Canadian Snakeroot Oil.

Henna

Lawsonia inermis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Herbaceous Not Commercial

Flowers smell extremely sweet, delicately floral and tealike, reminiscent of boronia and chloranthus spicatus oils. The attar is somewhat medicinal, phenolic or bitter, but with a …

Hiba Oil

Thujopsis dolobrata
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Woody Limited Quantities

Dry, woody odor with a peculiar sharp or pungent undertone. Various types available with slightly varying odor depending on presence of ketonic fungistat-bacteriostat.

Horseradish Oil

Armoracia lapathifolia
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Spicy On Order Only

Intensely sharp odor and lachrymatory effect, reminiscent of the virtues of mustard oil, but even more pungent or irritating than this oil.

Leather

Other Animalic Leather Phenolic / Sharp Not Commercial

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…

Maté Absolute

Ilex paraguayensis
Absolute Green / Leafy Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp On Order Only

Very peculiar, rich-herbaceous, dry-leafy, woody-foliage like and somewhat phenolic or smoky, medicinal odor, resembling that of the leaves. The green notes are free from the sharp…

Mustard Oil

Brassica nigra
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Readily Available

Extremely sharp, acrylic, irritating odor, and of lachrymatory effect.

Oakmoss Concrète

Evernia prunastri
Concrète Earthy / Rooty Marine / Seaweed Mossy Readily Available

Phenolic-woody, slightly tar-like but delicate and pleasant odor, reminiscent of seashore, forest, bark, wood, green foliage and tannery. Petroleum ether extract is richer, more in…

Onion Oil

Allium cepa
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Spicy On Order Only

Very strong odor (when undiluted, it is obnoxiously sulfuraceous) and distinct lachrymatory effect. Distinguished by the complete absence of terpenes.

Onion Oleoresin

Allium cepa
Oleoresin Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Readily Available

Intense onion-odor, but more sweet and subdued than the odor of the essential oil.

Origanum Oil

Thymus capitatus
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Readily Available

Strong, tar-like, herbaceous, but very refreshing odor. The topnote is slightly green-camphoraceous, herbaceous, and the body is rich, dry-woody, somewhat reminiscent of cade and p…

Pepper Oleoresin

Piper nigrum
Oleoresin Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Readily Available

Very closely resembles that of the natural spice.

Rapeseed Oil

Brassica napus
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Not Commercial

Very pungent, lachrymatory odor and effect upon the mucous membranes. The odor is somewhat reminiscent of horseradish.

Rectified Birch Tar Oil

Betula species
Essential Oil Leather Phenolic / Sharp Smoky / Tarry Limited Quantities

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…

Rue Oil

Ruta graveolens
Essential Oil Citrus Fruity Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Sharp-herbaceous, distinctly fruity-orange-like, with a characteristic bitter-acrid undertone that makes the overall impression an unpleasant one.

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…

Savory Oil

Satureja hortensis, Satureja montana
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Limited Quantities

Fresh medicinal-spicy odor, reminiscent of sage and thyme, but with a sharpness recalling that of cumin oil, although not distinctly green. The dryout is rather phenolic-harsh.

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.