15 materials found
Basil Oil
Ocimum basilicumSweet-spicy, slightly green, fresh, with a faint balsamic woody undertone and a lasting sweetness. The exotic type is somewhat coarse-herbaceous, slightly camphoraceous in the init…
Black Pepper Oil
Piper nigrumFresh, dry-woody, warm-spicy, reminiscent not only of the odor of dried black pepper, but also of elemi, cubeb and other essential oils of high terpene-sesquiterpene content.
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.
Citronella Oil, Java-type
Cymbopogon winterianusFresh and sweet, revealing the high content of citronellal and geraniol + citronellol. Does not present the camphene-borneol notes characteristic of Ceylon citronella oil. The dryo…
Clove Leaf Oil
Eugenia caryophyllataCrude oil: somewhat harsh, phenolic, only slightly sweet, with a 'burnt' breadlike note, distinctly different from eugenol and clove bud oil. Woodiness and dryness are the most typ…
Combava Petitgrain Oil
Citrus hystrixFresh-leafy, sweet-rosy odor, somewhat reminiscent of the odor of Guinea lemon petitgrain oil and eucalyptus citriodora oil.
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…
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…
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.
Ocimum Canum Oil
Ocimum canumIntensely sweet, woody-balsamic odor with a rich and tenacious, fruity-balsamic body-note. The topnotes can be more or less coarse, but the dryout is usually very sweet, soft and p…
Palmarosa Oil
Cymbopogon martiniSweet, floral-rosy odor and various undertones or topnotes according to the quality and age of the oil.
Vanilla
Vanilla planifoliaExtremely rich, sweet, somewhat woody and animal (castoreum-like), tobacco-like and very deep in its balsamic, sweet-spicy body-note. Actually, the odor of vanillin is not one of t…
Ylang-Ylang Absolute
Cananga odorataIntensely sweet-floral, very diffusive odor. With an unusual power in its topnote, the fragrance fades out very slowly and most elegantly in a long-lasting, floral-spicy and very s…
Ylang-Ylang Concrète
Cananga odorataRich, sweet and intensely floral with an outstanding tenacity and uniformity. The sharp and very 'high' topnote of the absolute is rounded-off so elegantly in the concrète without …
Ylang-Ylang Oil
Cananga odorataVery powerful, floral and intensely sweet odor and a cresylic and benzoate-like topnote of limited tenacity. The fadeout is more pleasant, soft and sweet, slightly spicy and balsam…