17 materials found

Amber Oil

Pinus succinifera
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Leather Resinous Limited Quantities

Crude: smoky, tarlike, resinous, with a distinct resemblance to the odor of tanned leather. Rectified: peculiar burnt-woody, somewhat camphoraceous odor, reminiscent of the 'still-…

Bitter Almond Oil

Prunus amygdalus var. amara
Essential Oil Aldehydic / Soapy Sweet Limited Quantities

Strong, but sweet and clean odor, reminiscent of crushed, wet bitter almonds or of a very high grade of benzaldehyde.

Black Currant materials

Ribes nigrum
Other Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Woody Irregular / Rare

Powerful spicy-woody odor with slightly phenolic undertone and not outstanding tenacity (absolute). Distinctly terpenic odor reminiscent of terpenes in nutmeg, neroli, basil, or ma…

Caraway Oil

Carum carvi
Essential Oil Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Readily Available

Strong and peculiar odor typical of the fruit, but with a fatty-harsh undertone in crude oil. Rectified oil has stronger, less fatty odor. Characteristic initial note of nauseating…

Clary Sage Oil

Salvia sclarea
Essential Oil Balsamic Herbaceous Sweet Readily Available

Sweet-herbaceous, tenacious in odor, soft and somewhat reminiscent of ambra in its bitter-sweet undertone. Apart from the initial linalylacetate—linalool notes, there is a very cha…

Coriander Oil

Coriandrum sativum
Essential Oil Balsamic Floral Spicy Readily Available

Pleasant sweet, somewhat woody-spicy, aromatic-candylike odor. The floral-balsamic undertone and peppery-woody, suave top-note are characteristic features of this delightful fragra…

Dill Seed Oil

Anethum graveolens
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Minty Limited Quantities

Light and fresh, warm-spicy and reminiscent of caraway and spearmint, although less sharp.

Honeysuckle Absolute

Lonicera caprifolium
Absolute Aldehydic / Soapy Floral Sweet On Order Only

Intensely sweet, fatty-floral, somewhat reminiscent of jasmin absolute from châssis and of orange flower absolute. The sweetness is not unlike the nauseating sweetness of tuberose.…

Hop Oil

Humulus lupulus
Essential Oil Balsamic Spicy Sweet Limited Quantities

Very rich, spicy-aromatic, sweet and heavy, but overall pleasant when fresh. Due to ageing or improper storage, valeric, isovaleric and caprylic acids are formed and liberated, cre…

Lavender Oil

Lavandula officinalis
Essential Oil Floral Herbaceous Sweet Readily Available

Sweet, floral-herbaceous refreshing odor with a pleasant, balsamic-woody undertone. An almost fruity-sweet topnote is of a very short life, and the entire oil is not distinguished …

Lily of the Valley Absolute

Convallaria majalis
Absolute Floral Fresh / Clean Green / Leafy Irregular / Rare

Very pleasantly fragrant, with a delicate floral quality and a distinct touch of greenness, surrounded by a fresh, rosy-lemony body note. However, the entire bouquet is far from th…

Melilotus Extract

Melilotus officinalis
Resinoid Coumarinic / Hay Earthy / Rooty Herbaceous Limited Quantities

Very sweet, herbaceous-root-like and rich odor. Often described as 'tobacco-like', though this is a coumarin-type odor that is artificially introduced in cured tobacco for flavorin…

Orris Concrète Oil

Iris pallida
Essential Oil Floral Fruity Sweet Limited Quantities

Woody, fatty-oily but distinctly violet-like odor, with a fruity undertone, sweet-floral, warm and tenacious. Melts at about body temperature.

Peppermint Oil

Mentha piperita
Essential Oil Balsamic Fresh / Clean Minty Readily Available

Fresh, strong, somewhat grassy-minty odor with a deep balsamic-sweet undertone and a sweet, clean dryout note. The grassy topnote may disappear or fade after proper ageing of the o…

Roman Chamomile Oil

Anthemis nobilis
Essential Oil Fruity Herbaceous Sweet Limited Quantities

Sweet herbaceous, somewhat fruity-warm and tealeaf-like odor. The odor is extremely diffusive but it has little tenacity.

Seaweed Absolute

Various seaweed species
Absolute Green / Leafy Herbaceous Marine / Seaweed Limited Quantities

Intensely green-herbaceous, phenolic-woody and "dry" odor type, distinctly recalling the odor of seaweed drying on a salt water beach after a heavy storm or surf.

Valerian Oil

Valeriana officinalis
Essential Oil Animalic Balsamic Camphoraceous / Medicinal Irregular / Rare

Warm woody, balsamic-root like odor with a distinct animal undertone of masklike character and great tenacity. A fresh-green, slightly camphoraceous topnote is also typical in the …