280 materials found

Abies Alba Oil

Abies alba
Essential Oil Balsamic Pine / Coniferous Sweet Readily Available

rich balsamic-sweet and pleasant oily-pinaceous fragrance. Oils from Austria are known for their outstanding quality and fine fragrance.

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.

African Geranium Oil

Pelargonium graveolens
Essential Oil Floral Green / Leafy Herbaceous Limited Quantities

Sweet and powerful rosy-leafy, slightly herbaceous odor, combining some of the qualities of the Algerian oil with those of the Réunion type of geranium oil. The odor is usually les…

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.

Ambra

Physeter catodon
Animal (crude) Marine / Seaweed Mossy Sweet Irregular / Rare

Rather subtle, reminiscent of seaweed, wood, moss, with a peculiar sweet, yet very dry undertone of unequaled tenacity. There is rarely any animal note at all in a good grade of Am…

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…

Ambrette Seed Tincture

Abelmoschus moschatus
Tincture Musky Sweet Limited Quantities

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.

Amyris Oil

Amyris balsamifera
Essential Oil Balsamic Sweet Woody Readily Available

Faintly woody, not dry. It has a slightly oily-sweet, balsamic note, and occasionally displays a faintly peppery topnote, reminiscent of guaiacwood or cubeb. The body-odor is very …

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…

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'.

Araucaria Oil

Callitropsis araucarioldes
Essential Oil Floral Sweet Woody Limited Quantities

Delicately woody, but also rich and sweet (a rare combination), almost floral like nerolidol or cabreuva oil. Has notes in common with amyris oil, bois de rose, copaiba, good guaia…

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…

Atlas Cedarwood Oil

Cedrus atlantica
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Sweet Readily Available

Very peculiar and not exactly pleasant when undiluted: slightly camphoraceous-cresylic with a sweet and tenacious woody undertone, reminiscent of cassie and mimosa. However, it doe…

Australasian Sandalwood Oil

Eucaria spicata
Essential Oil Balsamic Sweet Woody Limited Quantities

Soft, woody, extremely tenacious and somewhat balsamic in its delicate sweetness. Its topnote is distinctly different from that of the East Indian sandalwood oil, not sweet but rat…

Backhousia Citriodora Oil

Backhousia citriodora
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Green / Leafy Not Commercial

Intensely fresh lemon-like odor with a pleasant sweet-green undertone. Much cleaner and fresher than Lemongrass Oil, with no grassy-fatty or harsh notes. The amylacetate-like fruit…

Backhousia Myrtifolia Oil

Backhousia myrtifolia
Essential Oil Sweet Woody Not Commercial

The elimicin form has a sweet-woody smell from its main constituent trimethoxy-allylbenzene.

Balsam Fir Needle Oil

Abies balsamea
Essential Oil Balsamic Fresh / Clean Pine / Coniferous Irregular / Rare

Peculiar oily-balsamic, somewhat resinous, but also fresh and sweet odor, resembling the odor of spruce oil or pinus pumilio oil. Equal in sweetness to pinus pumilio oil, but poore…

Balsam Poplar

Populus balsamifera
Oleoresin Balsamic Coumarinic / Hay Resinous Not Commercial

Very sweet balsamic coumarinic-cinnamic odor, with a peculiar undertone reminiscent of labdanum extracts. There is a distinct note in alcoholic extracts, reminding one of hop absol…

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…

Benzoin

Resinoid Balsamic Sweet Vanilla / Gourmand Readily Available

sweet, balsamic-vanillin-like odor

Bergamot Oil

Citrus bergamia
Essential Oil Citrus Fruity Sweet Readily Available

Extremely rich, sweet-fruity initial odor. Although the characteristics of this topnote remain perceptible in good oils, it is followed by a still more characteristic oily-herbaceo…

Bitter Almond Oil

Prunus amygdalus var. amara
Essential Oil Aldehydic / Soapy Sweet Limited Quantities

Strong, but sweet and clean odor, reminiscent of crushed, wet bitter almonds or of a very high grade of benzaldehyde.

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.

Bitter Orange Oil

Citrus aurantium
Essential Oil Citrus Floral Fresh / Clean Irregular / Rare

Very peculiar, fresh and yet 'bitter' in the sense of 'dry', but with a rich and lasting, sweet undertone. There are notes which remind of bergamot, grapefruit and sweet orange, bu…

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…

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.