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-…

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

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.

Intense tar-like, smoky-phenolic 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 …

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…

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…

Characteristic of the top notes of oakmoss: very dry, woody-earthlike, bark-like, almost tar-like, but pleasant, with a leather-like undertone and great tenacity.

Very faint, but pleasant-woody, somewhat sweet odor, not unlike that of araucaria oil. Very crude and dark oils, or freshly distilled oils, may smell dry, tar-like, reminiscent of …

Truly balsamic, rich, deep-sweet, slightly spicy and vanillin-sweet. A distinct smoky undertone is natural, but should not be predominant, and may fade away after proper ageing of …

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…

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…

More woody and tar-like than oakmoss extract, usually lacking the delicate topnote and fresh seashore- or seaweed-like note which is characteristic of true oakmoss.