13 materials found
Cardamom Oil
Elettaria cardamomumwarm-spicy, aromatic, at first penetrating camphoraceous-cineole-like or somewhat medicinal, reminiscent of eucalyptus. Later, it becomes balsamic-woody, increasingly sweet and alm…
Ceylon Cinnamon Bark Oil
Cinnamomum zeylanicumExtremely powerful, diffusive, warm-spicy, sweet and tenacious odor. The undertone and dryout notes reveal a persistent dryness which is very unique in combination with the distinc…
Ceylon Citronella Oil
Cymbopogon nardusVery peculiar, warm-woody and yet fresh, grassy and somewhat reminiscent of wet leaves. The camphene-borneol-methyleugenol complex seems to characterize the odor of Ceylon citronel…
Cinnamon Leaf Oil
Cinnamomum zeylanicumWarm-spicy, but rather harsh odor, lacking the rich body of the bark oil. Has some resemblance to the odor of clove leaf oil and clove stem oil.
Cubeb Oil
Piper cubebaVery dry-woody, but simultaneously warm-camphoraceous, spicy-peppery. Should be free from the very light pepper-like characteristic found in black pepper and elemi oils, and should…
East Indian Sandalwood Oil
Santalum albumExtremely soft, sweet-woody and almost animal-balsamic odor, presenting little or no particular topnote, and remaining uniform for a considerable length of time due to its outstand…
Ginger Oil
Zingiber officinaleThe odor is warm, but fresh-woody, spicy and with a peculiar resemblance to orange, lemon, lemon-grass, coriander seed oil, etc. in the initial, fresh topnotes. The sweet and heavy…
Henna
Lawsonia inermisFlowers smell extremely sweet, delicately floral and tealike, reminiscent of boronia and chloranthus spicatus oils. The attar is somewhat medicinal, phenolic or bitter, but with a …
Lemongrass Oil
Cymbopogon flexuosus / Cymbopogon citratusVery strong, fresh-grassy lemon-type, herbaceous or tea-like odor. West Indian type has an earthy undertone reminiscent of Ceylon citronella oil, while East Indian type smells swee…
Long Pepper Oil
Piper longumSomewhat reminiscent of the odor of various "false" cubeb oils: warm and faintly aromatic, somewhat woody and cineole-lemon-like. Complete absence of "light" or fresh-peppery topno…
Nutmeg Extract
Myristica fragransVery warm, suave, spicy-balsamic and strongly aromatic odor.
Vetiver Oil
Vetiveria zizanoidessweet and very heavy woody-earthy, reminiscent of roots and wet soil, with a rich undertone of "precious wood" notes. Oils distilled from too young rootlets and very freshly distil…
Zedoaria Oil
Curcuma zedoariaWarm, woody-spicy, camphoraceous-cineolic in its initial notes, later sweet and warm, very tenacious. Does not present the lemon-orange-like note found in ginger oil, but apart fro…