14 materials found
Amyris Oil
Amyris balsamiferaFaintly woody, not dry. It has a slightly oily-sweet, balsamic note, and occasionally displays a faintly peppery topnote, reminiscent of guaiacwood or cubeb. The body-odor is very …
Bitter Orange Oil
Citrus aurantiumVery peculiar, fresh and yet 'bitter' in the sense of 'dry', but with a rich and lasting, sweet undertone. There are notes which remind of bergamot, grapefruit and sweet orange, bu…
Civet
Viverra civettatypically animal-sweet, free from faecal notes, urine notes or the like. The undertone bears some resemblance to that of ambrette seed oil and of a well cured goat skin. The odor o…
Geranium
Pelargonium speciesGeranium Oils
Pelargonium speciesRich and very sweet-rosy base (for Geranium sur Roses de Grasse variant).
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…
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.
Orange Flower Concrete
Citrus aurantium subsp. amaraExtremely strong, floral, deep-sweet, with a peculiar woody-breadcrust-like undertone and great tenacity in floral notes. In high dilution, it is strikingly reminiscent of the odor…
Paraguay Petitgrain Oil
Citrus aurantium subspecies amaraStrong, bitter-sweet, woody-floral odor. The topnote is somewhat harsh, but it quickly gives way to a heavy and sweet bodynote of typical petitgrain character: bitter-floral, with …
Petitgrain Bigarade Oil
Citrus aurantium subspecies amaraPleasant, fresh-floral, sweet odor, reminiscent of orange flowers with a slightly woody-herbaceous undertone and very faint, but sweet-floral dryout notes. The bitter topnote is po…
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…
Vetiver Resinoid
Vetiveria zizanioidesFaint but extremely persistent odor, reminiscent of the best grades of vetiver oil: sweet-woody, root-like, with an almost balsamic and very rich undertone.
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…