159 materials found

Acaroid Resin

Xanthorrhoea species
Oleo-gum-resin Balsamic Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Faintly balsamic-cinnamic and sweet. Odor type quite similar to that of peru, styrax, and tolu balsams, however, much weaker in odor strength.

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…

Anethum Sowa Oil

Anethum sowa
Essential Oil Herbaceous Spicy Woody Not Commercial

Sweet-herbaceous, somewhat woody-spicy odor. When freshly distilled, the oil displays a rather unpleasant topnote. The dryout is very faint, woody and not very pleasant. The overal…

Angelica Root Absolute

Angelica archangelica
Absolute Earthy / Rooty Musky Spicy Limited Quantities

Intensely musky-woody, heavy, sweet, somewhat spicy, with a resemblance to Pimpinella root. The richness in odor body has some similarity to that of ambrette seed absolute, but the…

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 …

Angelica Seed Oil

Angelica archangelica
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Spicy Irregular / Rare

Strong, fresh, light and peppery odor. The topnote is distinctly terpenelike, at times almost harsh in its roughness, but also quite fresh. A sweet, almost anisic undertone is quit…

Anise Oil

Pimpinella anisum
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Spicy Sweet Limited Quantities

Intensely sweet and clean odor, truly reminiscent of the crushed fruit. Very common description is that of 'licorice odor'.

Anona Squamosa Oil

Anona squamosa
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Pleasant, somewhat spicy-woody odor reminiscent of cedar, cubeb, cardamom, etc.

Arnica Oil

Arnica montana
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Herbaceous Spicy Irregular / Rare

The oil resembles that of chamomile with a certain woody-earthy undertone. Arnica Absolute or Arnica Resinoine are intensely herbaceous-sweet, tealike, somewhat spicy, powerful and…

Artemisia Annua Oil

Artemisia annua
Essential Oil Balsamic Green / Leafy Herbaceous Limited Quantities

Pleasant, almost balsamic-sweet, somewhat spicy odor. There is some similarity to the odor of basil oil with a fresh-green foliage note.

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…

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.

Basil Oil

Ocimum basilicum
Essential Oil Balsamic Green / Leafy Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Sweet-spicy, slightly green, fresh, with a faint balsamic woody undertone and a lasting sweetness. The exotic type is somewhat coarse-herbaceous, slightly camphoraceous in the init…

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 …

Bitter Fennel Oil

Foeniculum vulgare
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Earthy / Rooty Spicy Readily Available

Somewhat sharp and warm-camphoraceous odor, initially earthy, but later on sweet, anisic and spicy.

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…

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.

Bois de Rose Oil

Aniba rosaeodora
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Spicy Readily Available

refreshing, sweet-woody, somewhat floral-spicy odor. The topnote varies considerably with the origin and quality of the oil. It is usually somewhat camphoraceous-peppery, reminisce…

Boldo Leaf Oil

Peumus boldus
Essential Oil Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Strong, spicy-hydrocarbon-like odor, somewhat reminiscent of American wormseed oil.

Boronia Absolute

Boronia megastigma
Absolute Floral Fruity Green / Leafy Limited Quantities

Fresh, fruity-green, sweet tea-like, slightly spicy-herbaceous (reminiscent of cinnamon and tobacco leaf). The main body notes display a tremendously rich and tenacious floral unde…

Brazilian Sassafras Oil

Ocotea pretiosa
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Sweet aromatic, warm-spicy, camphoraceous odor, reminiscent of brown camphor oil or north American sassafras oil.

Brown Camphor Oil

Cinnamomum camphora
Essential Oil Animalic Spicy Sweet Readily Available

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.

Calamintha Oil

Calamintha clinopodium
Essential Oil Citrus Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Almost pungent, intensely herbaceous, somewhat woody, but also displays a rich, sweet-spicy undertone. European oils seem to reveal a great variety of components with often a typic…

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…

Canadian Snakeroot Oil

Asarum canadense
Essential Oil Minty Spicy Sweet Limited Quantities

Warm-aromatic, woody-spicy, yet rich and sweet with a minty-gingerlike undertone, and a pronounced tealike, lasting dryout.

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.

Capsicum

Capsicum annuum
Oleoresin Herbaceous Spicy Tobacco Readily Available

Capsicum Absolute has an interesting tobacco-like, sweet-herbaceous 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…

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…