Sweet and powerful rosy-leafy, slightly herbaceous odor, combining some of the qualities of the Algerian oil with those of the Réunion type of geranium oil. The odor is usually les…

typically 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…

Very dry-woody, somewhat earthy and quite strong with a slightly cade-like topnote. The dry notes yield to an increasing balsamic sweetness as the oil dries out on a perfume blotte…

Very 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…

Very strong, fresh, sweet, yet somewhat sharp or pungent odor, reminiscent of lemongrass, lemon petitgrain and Java citronella oils in a sweet, well-balanced mixture. The power and…

An odor which can hardly be described without the use of the term Caraway. Except for dill seed oil, no other essential oil is so strikingly similar to caraway as the oil from Lipp…

Somewhat bitter-harsh, leafy-woody, slightly earthy, but later toning out in a much more pleasant rosy, 'geranium' type of odor. The dryout note is more similar to that of palmaros…

Very delicate, sweet-woody, herbaceous, recalling the odor of dry tea-leaves. The 'tea' note is quite characteristic of this particular oil.

Soft, balsamic-woody, somewhat sweet and faintly floral odor, reminiscent of vetiver, sandalwood and tail-fractions of Atlas cedarwood oil. Fresh oils show a strong topnote of styr…

Warm and aromatic, spicy-camphoraceous odor (even when the oil is "decamphorized").

Very faint, but pleasant-woody, somewhat sweet odor, not unlike that of araucaria oil. Very crude and dark oils, or freshly distilled oils, may smell dry, tar-like, reminiscent of …

Intensely herbaceous green, with a sweet-fruity undertone and a somewhat bitter-herby dryout. Some people find the odor very pleasant; others find it highly disagreeable. Essential…

Intensely fresh, lemon-like odor which slowly changes into a sweet, almost fruity bodynote and fades out almost unchanged, sweet floral-fruity, slightly rosy.