13 materials found
Balsam Fir Needle Oil
Abies balsameaPeculiar 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 balsamiferaVery 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 speciesBirch Bark Oil
Betula lentaSmells so strikingly similar to methyl salicylate that it is hard to justify the existence of the essential oil.
Canada Balsam
Abies balsameaFresh, 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 canadenseWarm-aromatic, woody-spicy, yet rich and sweet with a minty-gingerlike undertone, and a pronounced tealike, lasting dryout.
Castoreum
Castor canadensisWarm, 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 occidentalisIntensely 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 usitatissimumMild, 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 nigrumNorth American Sassafras Oil
Sassafras albidumSweet-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 taxifoliaPleasant, fresh, pine-type odor. The 'peppery' fresh note of Canada balsam seems to be missing in the Oregon balsam.
Wintergreen Oil
Gaultheria procumbensIntensely 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.