10 materials found

Ammoniac Gum

Dorema ammoniacum
Oleo-gum-resin Animalic Balsamic Phenolic / Sharp Not Commercial

Penetrating sulphuraceous-mercaptanelike odor, reminiscent of onions. The alcohol soluble portion of the essential-oil-free ammoniac gum is a pleasant smelling, balsamic type.

Asafoetida

Ferula asafoetida
Oleo-gum-resin Balsamic Phenolic / Sharp Resinous Readily Available

Distinctly alliaceous odor with garlic-onion-like topnote, beneath which is an immensely rich and sweet-balsamic body of highly interesting type. The dryout reveals some vanillin o…

Fenugreek Extract

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Extract Balsamic Coumarinic / Hay Herbaceous Readily Available

Intensely 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…

Galbanum

Ferula species
Oleo-gum-resin Balsamic Earthy / Rooty Green / Leafy Readily Available

Powerful, green-woody, almost balsamic-resinous, reminiscent of oleoresins from conifers. The leafy-earthy, green note is often referred to as 'like green peppers' or 'tossed green…

Henna

Lawsonia inermis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Herbaceous Not Commercial

Flowers 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 …

Lilac

Syringa vulgaris
Absolute Floral Powdery Sweet Not Commercial

True-to-nature lilac absolute has not been successfully produced. Existing natural extracts are inferior to artificial bases in odor effect and power. Natural lilac flowers have ex…

Lime Oil

Citrus aurantifolia
Essential Oil Citrus Readily Available

Mustard Oil

Brassica nigra
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Readily Available

Extremely sharp, acrylic, irritating odor, and of lachrymatory effect.

Pandanus Absolute

Pandanus odoratissimus
Absolute Aldehydic / Soapy Floral Fresh / Clean Irregular / Rare

Intensely sharp, very powerful and diffusive, but also very sweet, hyacinth-honeylike odor. The powerful topnote is of very short duration, leaving only a faint, sweet-floral and f…

Sumbul Root Oil

Ferula sumbul
Essential Oil Balsamic Musky Sweet Irregular / Rare

Warm-woody, orris-like and very faintly musky ("animal") type of odor, remotely reminiscent of valerian, de-sulphurized asafoetida, costus and elecampane. There is a certain balsam…