76 materials found

Rosemary Oil

Rosmarinus officinalis
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Minty Readily Available

Strong, fresh, woody-herbaceous, somewhat minty-forestlike odor. The "high" fresh notes vanish quickly, yielding to a clean, woody-balsamic bodynote which tones out in a dry-herbac…

Rue Oil

Ruta graveolens
Essential Oil Citrus Fruity Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Sharp-herbaceous, distinctly fruity-orange-like, with a characteristic bitter-acrid undertone that makes the overall impression an unpleasant one.

Savory Oil

Satureja hortensis, Satureja montana
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Limited Quantities

Fresh medicinal-spicy odor, reminiscent of sage and thyme, but with a sharpness recalling that of cumin oil, although not distinctly green. The dryout is rather phenolic-harsh.

Spanish Verbena Oil

Thymus hiemalis
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Powerful and fresh lemonlike, herbaceous odor with a rich and sweet, somewhat sage-like undertone. Has the freshness of lemongrass oil, and the herbaceous-sweet undertone of sage c…

Spike Lavender Oil

Lavandula latifolia
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Readily Available

Transitory camphoraceous (eucalyptus-like), fresh and herbaceous odor, reminiscent of lavandin and rosemary oils and with a somewhat dry-woody undertone.

Sweet Fennel Oil

Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Fruity Spicy Irregular / Rare

Very sweet, but slightly earthy or peppery-spicy odor and a clean, sweet-aromatic dryout. There is a hint of a fruity-fresh topnote in fresh oils.

Sweet Marjoram Oil

Origanum majorana
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Warm-spicy, aromatic-camphoraceous and woody odor, reminiscent of nutmeg and cardamom. Similar in odor to Melaleuca Alternifolia.

Sweet Orange Oil

Citrus aurantium var. dulcis
Essential Oil Aldehydic / Soapy Citrus Fresh / Clean Readily Available

sweet, light and fresh, fruity-aldehydic odor and flavor, distinctly reminiscent of the odor from a scratched sweet orange peel

Thyme and Origanum Oils Summary

Essential Oil Readily Available

Thyme Oil

Thymus vulgaris
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Spicy Readily Available

Rich and powerful, sweet, and warm-herbaceous in odor, somewhat spicy and distinctly aromatic. There should be no bitter-phenolic, cade-like or tar-like notes detectable, but there…

Treemoss Concrète

Evernia furfuracea, Usnea barbata
Concrète Earthy / Rooty Mossy Smoky / Tarry Readily Available

More woody and tar-like than oakmoss extract, usually lacking the delicate topnote and fresh seashore- or seaweed-like note which is characteristic of true oakmoss.

Violet Flower Absolute

Viola odorata
Absolute Floral Green / Leafy Sweet Irregular / Rare

Very delicate, sweet-floral odor, truly reminiscent of the violet flowers only when diluted below one percent in an odorless solvent.

Violet Leaf Absolute

Viola odorata
Absolute Floral Green / Leafy Limited Quantities

Very powerful and peculiar odor, truly a green-leaf odor, but with an indisputable floral and delicate note which makes it immediately reminiscent of violets in a bouquet (flowers,…

Wallflower Absolute

Cheiranthus cheiri
Absolute Floral Sweet Historical / Obsolete

Intensely sweet floral fragrance, reminiscent of jasmin, honey, orange flower, ylang-ylang and with a narcissus-carnation-like, green topnote.

Walnut Leaf Oil

Juglans regia
Essential Oil Balsamic Herbaceous Spicy Not Commercial

Powerful, warm-spicy, sweet and rich tealeaf like odor with a labdanum-like, intensely herbaceous-sweet, balsamic undertone. The odor bears some resemblance to nutmeg, ginger, myrt…

Wild Thyme Oil

Thymus serpyllum
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Irregular / Rare

Fresh, but somewhat sharp-terpeney, sometimes almost lemony notes.