13 materials found

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…

Birch

Betula species
Other Readily Available

Birch Bark Oil

Betula lenta
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Minty Historical / Obsolete

Smells so strikingly similar to methyl salicylate that it is hard to justify the existence of the essential oil.

Canada Balsam

Abies balsamea
Oleoresin Balsamic Fresh / Clean Fruity Limited Quantities

Fresh, sweet-balsamic with an almost fruity-floral topnote reminiscent of the odor of iso-propyl benzoate, but fresher, at times lemon-like rather than turpentine-like. The dryout …

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.

Castoreum

Castor canadensis
Animal (crude) Animalic Leather Smoky / Tarry Readily Available

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 …

Cedarleaf Oil

Thuja occidentalis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Green / Leafy Readily Available

Intensely sharp, but quite fresh, camphoraceous odor. Bears great resemblance to the flowering tansy herb, artemisia herb, dalmatian sage herb, etc. with a sweet undertone reminisc…

Linseed Oil Absolute

Linum usitatissimum
Absolute Animalic Marine / Seaweed On Order Only

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 …

Maple Syrup

Acer saccharum, Acer nigrum
Extract Sweet Vanilla / Gourmand Limited Quantities

North American Sassafras Oil

Sassafras albidum
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Spicy Limited Quantities

Sweet-spicy, fresh and slightly camphoraceous odor with a long-lasting, woody-floral and very sweet undertone. A short, fresh-peppery topnote is characteristic of the odor of this …

Oregon Balsam

Pseudotsuga taxifolia
Oleoresin Balsamic Fresh / Clean Pine / Coniferous Limited Quantities

Pleasant, fresh, pine-type odor. The 'peppery' fresh note of Canada balsam seems to be missing in the Oregon balsam.

Wintergreen Oil

Gaultheria procumbens
Essential Oil aromatic Fruity Sweet Historical / Obsolete

Intensely sweet-aromatic odor, often displaying a peculiar creamy-fruity topnote and a sweet-woody dryout which may have a tarlike note in poorly distilled oils.