74 materials found
Elecampane Absolute
Inula heleniumVery soft, woody-rootlike, slightly fatty-sweet or 'oily', extremely tenacious. Less earthy, more tenacious and rich odor than the essential oil.
Elecampane Oil
Inula heleniumDry-woody in odor, but also sweet, somewhat ambre- or honeylike with a fatty undertone. The odor has some resemblance to those of calamus, costus and cedrela.
Fenugreek Extract
Trigonella foenum-graecumIntensely sweet, spicy, protein like, soup-like and caramellic odor from comminuted seed. The characteristic odor is a celery-like spicyness, a coumarinic-balsamic sweetness and an…
Galanga Oil
Alpinia officinarumFresh-camphoraceous and spicy-woody odor reminiscent of laurel leaf oil, cardamom oil, ginger oil, etc., with a distinct cineole-like topnote and a warm undertone of rich and spicy…
Gardenia
Gardenia grandifloraFatty-floral, somewhat fresh-green odor with a tuberose-like, sweet undertone, faintly reminiscent of the fragrance of the gardenia flower, but with heavy emphasis on the leafy-gre…
Garlic Oil
Allium sativumExtremely intense obnoxious odor, to a certain degree reminiscent of garlic, but with a predominant mercaptane-like note which masks the delicate, although strong and highly diffus…
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 …
Ho Leaf Oil
Cinnamomum camphoraclean, sweet, floral-woody and delicate odor. There is little or no change in the odor during the evaporation on a perfume blotter, and the tenacity is only moderate. Rectified Ho …
Ho Wood Oil
Cinnamomum camphoraSweet-camphoraceous, somewhat woody-floral odor. The best grades are virtually free from camphoraceous notes.
Japanese Cedarwood Oils
Cedarwood-like and pine-like raw materials.
Jasmin Absolute from Concrète
Jasminum grandiflorumIntensely floral, warm, rich and highly diffusive odor with a peculiar waxy-herbaceous, oily-fruity and tea-like undertone. The odor and the nuances in the undertone varies accordi…
Jasmin Concrète
Jasminum officinaleWarm, intensely floral, somewhat indolic-sharp, but immensely rich and tenacious. Various types of herbaceous sweet, fatty green, tea-like or 'bread'-like, almost 'broth'-like odor…
Laurel Leaf Oil
Laurus nobilisFresh, strong but sweet, aromatic-camphoraceous, somewhat spicy-medicinal odor. The dryout notes are sweet, pleasant and slightly spicy, unlike those of eucalyptus, cajuput and, to…
Lawang Oil
Cinnamomum culilawanWarm, rich, spicy odor. Clove-like odor when high in eugenol, changing to nutmeg-like fragrance when containing safrole behind the eugenol.
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…
Lemon Oil
Citrus limomumVery light, fresh and sweet odor, truly reminiscent of the ripe peel. No turpentine-like, harsh-terpene notes should be detectable on a perfume blotter. Good oils retain their fres…
Litsea Cubeba Oil
Litsea cubebaIntensely lemon-like, fresh and sweet odor, with a soft and sweet-fruity, uniform dryout. Few or no 'fatty-grassy' methyl heptenone notes detectable.
Magnolia
Magnolia grandifloraExtremely delicate, sweet fragrance, reminiscent of rose, violet and orange flowers or, in the opinion of others, like rosa canina, the common hedgerose (dogrose, hiprose).
Mentha Arvensis Oil
Mentha arvensisStrong, fresh and somewhat bitter-sweet odor, to a certain degree reminiscent of the odor of peppermint oil. The undertone is somewhat harsh-woody and the dryout is bitter-herbaceo…
Murraya Paniculata Oil
Murraya paniculataOrange-flower-like or jasmin-like in odor.
Musk
Moschus moschiferusCharacteristic animal-type, slightly amine-like, sweet and very persistent odor. Intense, yet typical musk odor in absolute form.
Néflier Concrète
Eriobotrya japonicaExtremely rich, delicately floral odor, reminiscent of lilac or hyacinth, however, more suave-balsamic than the odor of these flowers.
Neroli Oil
Citrus aurantiumVery powerful, light and refreshing, floral with a peculiar sweet-terpeney topnote, but its tenacity is rather poor. This oil is primarily a 'top-note' material in perfumery.
Nyctanthes Arbortristis Oil
Nyctanthes arbortristisFresh and strong gardenia jasmin type odor, somewhat similar to orange flowers and jasmin.
Osmanthus Fragrans
Osmanthus fragransPatchouli Oil
Pogostemon cablinExtremely rich, sweet-herbaceous, aromatic-spicy and woody-balsamic odor. An almost wine-like, ethereal-floral sweetness in the initial notes is characteristic of good oils. The od…
Pine Oil
Pinus palustrisSweet, pine-woody, somewhat balsamic-anisic odor with an increasing sweetness in its dryout, followed by a somewhat resinous-bitter undertone according to the type and grade of oil…
Plumeria Rubra Absolute
Plumeria rubraReminiscent of neroli and gardenia, tremendously sweet, yet fresh and suave, but tenacious beyond measure. More fragrant at night than daytime.
Rose Absolute Damascena
Rosa damascenaExtremely rich, warm, spicy-floral and very deep rose odor with a more or less pronounced honeylike undertone. Its diffusive power is only realized when diluted or used at concentr…