76 materials found

Labdanum Concrète

Cistus ladaniferus
Concrète Balsamic Herbaceous Sweet Readily Available

Sweet and pleasant, balsamic ambra-like odor with a tenacious undertone of rich, herbaceous character. This is an odor which is quite familiar to anyone who has visited the Mediter…

Larch Turpentine

Larix decidua
Oleoresin Balsamic Pine / Coniferous Resinous Irregular / Rare

Soft, balsamic terpenic odor, reminiscent of fresh conifer resins and cones.

Laurel Berry Oil

Laurus nobilis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Spicy Historical / Obsolete

Warm camphoraceous and spicy odor, reminiscent of myrtle, juniperberry, hyssop, Comoro-basil, cajuput and similar oils.

Laurel Leaf Oil

Laurus nobilis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Spicy Limited Quantities

Fresh, 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…

Lavandin Absolute from Concrète

Lavandula × intermedia
Absolute Floral Herbaceous Sweet Readily Available

Pronounced herbaceous odor, resembling that of the flowering herb closely. In comparison to the Lavandin Oil, the absolute from concrète has a deeper sweetness and body as well as …

Lavender Absolute

Lavandula angustifolia
Absolute Coumarinic / Hay Floral Herbaceous Readily Available

Very rich, sweet-herbaceous, somewhat floral odor; in dilution, it bears a close resemblance to the odor of the flowering lavender shrubs. Its woody-herby undertone and coumarin-li…

Lavender Concrète

Lavandula officinalis
Concrète Coumarinic / Hay Herbaceous Sweet Readily Available

Sweet-herbaceous, somewhat haylike, coumarin-like, but resembling the lavender flowers and stalks very closely. Apart from an inevitable note of the solvent.

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 …

Lemon Oil

Citrus limomum
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Fruity Readily Available

Very 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…

Lemon Petitgrain Oil

Citrus limonum
Essential Oil Citrus Floral Fresh / Clean Limited Quantities

Very strong, fresh odor with a distinct bitter undertone, at times woody, in poorer oils grassy. The dryout should be very rich and sweet, slightly floral-fruity. Particular bitter…

Licorice Extract

Glycyrrhiza glabra
Extract Earthy / Rooty Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Sweet, mild odor somewhat different from that of the botanical starting material (the aqueous extract is often evaporated over an open fire and some caramellization of the extract …

Lime Oil

Citrus aurantifolia
Essential Oil Citrus Readily Available

Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora
Absolute Floral Sweet Not Commercial

Extremely delicate, sweet fragrance, reminiscent of rose, violet and orange flowers or, in the opinion of others, like rosa canina, the common hedgerose (dogrose, hiprose).

Mandarin Peel Oil

Citrus reticulata
Essential Oil Citrus Floral Sweet Readily Available

Intensely sweet, not very fresh odor, occasionally with an amine-like, 'fishy' topnote and usually with a rich neroli-like, floral undertone. Shows beautiful bluish fluorescence up…

Mandarin Petitgrain Oil

Citrus reticulata
Essential Oil Floral Fruity Sweet Limited Quantities

Intensely sweet, rich, deep-fruity, grape-like, floral odor in which a distinct mustiness is characteristic, and a plum-grape-like fruity undertone lends a peculiar and very powerf…

Melissa Oil

Melissa officinalis
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Very pleasant citral-citronellal type of fresh and sweet-herbaceous odor.

Mimosa Absolute

Acacia decurrens
Absolute Floral Green / Leafy Sweet Irregular / Rare

Very rich, floral-woody, slightly green and resembling cassie absolute to a certain degree. It is sweeter and more natural flower-like, but less spicy-complex than cassie.

Myrtle Oil

Myrtus communis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Readily Available

Strongly camphoraceous-spicy, but also sweet-herbaceous and fresh body-notes. The better oils, e.g. Tunisian and Corsican myrtle oils, are very fresh and strong in topnotes, and ye…

Neroli Oil

Citrus aurantium
Essential Oil Citrus Floral Sweet Irregular / Rare

Very 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.

Oakmoss

Evernia prunastri
Absolute Earthy / Rooty Mossy Woody Readily Available

Oakmoss Concrète

Evernia prunastri
Concrète Earthy / Rooty Marine / Seaweed Mossy Readily Available

Phenolic-woody, slightly tar-like but delicate and pleasant odor, reminiscent of seashore, forest, bark, wood, green foliage and tannery. Petroleum ether extract is richer, more in…

Orange Flower Concrete

Citrus aurantium subsp. amara
Concrète Floral Sweet Woody Readily Available

Extremely 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…

Orange Flower Water Absolute

Citrus aurantium var. amara
Absolute Citrus Floral Green / Leafy Limited Quantities

Peculiar dry-floral, musty-herbaceous odor, reminiscent of mandarin leaf oil, petitgrain oil, and, faintly, of orange flower absolute. Discolors significantly on ageing.

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.

Orris Resinoid

Iris pallida
Resinoid Sweet Tobacco Woody Readily Available

Deep-sweet, slightly woody-tobacco-like odor with winy topnote and sweet, root-like undertone.

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…

Petitgrain Bigarade Oil

Citrus aurantium subspecies amara
Essential Oil Citrus Floral Fresh / Clean Limited Quantities

Pleasant, 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…

Pinus Pumilio Oil

Pinus pumilio
Essential Oil Balsamic Pine / Coniferous Spicy Limited Quantities

Very pleasant pine-type odor: balsamic-sweet, faintly woody, also slightly spicy, reminiscent of cypress and juniperberry, with an increasingly oily-fatty, but interesting underton…

Rose de mai absolute

Rosa centifolia
Absolute Balsamic Floral Sweet Readily Available

Rich and sweet, deep-rosy, very tenacious odor. The spicy tonalities are usually less pronounced, while the honeylike notes can be described as similar to those of the damascena ab…

Rose de mai concrète

Rosa centifolia
Concrète Floral Sweet Woody Readily Available

Warm, deep-floral, slightly woody-sweet, but the spicy or honeylike notes are less pronounced than those of damascena concrète.