56 materials found

African Geranium Oil

Pelargonium graveolens
Essential Oil Floral Green / Leafy Herbaceous Limited Quantities

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…

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.

Anise Oil

Pimpinella anisum
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Spicy Sweet Limited Quantities

Intensely sweet and clean odor, truly reminiscent of the crushed fruit. Very common description is that of 'licorice odor'.

Artemisia Alba Oil

Artemisia alba
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Green / Leafy Herbaceous Limited Quantities

Very powerful, bitter-herbaceous odor. The 'greenness' in odor type and the peculiar bitter aroma makes it interesting for chypre, fougère, 'forest' notes.

Artemisia Vulgaris Oil

Artemisia vulgaris
Essential Oil Balsamic Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean On Order Only

Powerful, fresh-camphoraceous, somewhat green and bitter-sweet, with a cedarleaf-like topnote and a sage-rosemary-like bodynote. The dryout is very pleasant, sweet herbaceous and t…

Atlas Cedarwood Oil

Cedrus atlantica
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Sweet Readily Available

Very peculiar and not exactly pleasant when undiluted: slightly camphoraceous-cresylic with a sweet and tenacious woody undertone, reminiscent of cassie and mimosa. However, it doe…

Atlas Cedarwood Resinoid

Cedrus atlantica
Resinoid Balsamic Resinous Woody On Order Only

Very true-to-nature fragrance without the camphoraceous-cresylic, or ketonic-sharp topnote found in the essential oil. May carry some solvent odor (benzene) due to tremendous fixat…

Bergamot Oil

Citrus bergamia
Essential Oil Citrus Fruity Sweet Readily Available

Extremely rich, sweet-fruity initial odor. Although the characteristics of this topnote remain perceptible in good oils, it is followed by a still more characteristic oily-herbaceo…

Bitter Almond Oil

Prunus amygdalus var. amara
Essential Oil Aldehydic / Soapy Sweet Limited Quantities

Strong, but sweet and clean odor, reminiscent of crushed, wet bitter almonds or of a very high grade of benzaldehyde.

Bitter Fennel Oil

Foeniculum vulgare
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Earthy / Rooty Spicy Readily Available

Somewhat sharp and warm-camphoraceous odor, initially earthy, but later on sweet, anisic and spicy.

Cassie Absolute

Acacia farnesiana
Absolute Balsamic Floral Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Extremely warm, powdery-spicy, at the same time herbaceous and floral with a deep and very tenacious cinnamic-balsamic undertone.

Clary Sage Absolute

Salvia sclarea
Absolute Balsamic Herbaceous Sweet Limited Quantities

Extremely rich, delicately sweet, yet bitter-winy and somewhat herbaceous odor of great tenacity. The absolute has a somewhat finer, less resinous odor, more balsamic-sweet than th…

Clary Sage Oil

Salvia sclarea
Essential Oil Balsamic Herbaceous Sweet Readily Available

Sweet-herbaceous, tenacious in odor, soft and somewhat reminiscent of ambra in its bitter-sweet undertone. Apart from the initial linalylacetate—linalool notes, there is a very cha…

Coriander Oil

Coriandrum sativum
Essential Oil Balsamic Floral Spicy Readily Available

Pleasant sweet, somewhat woody-spicy, aromatic-candylike odor. The floral-balsamic undertone and peppery-woody, suave top-note are characteristic features of this delightful fragra…

Cumin Oil

Cuminum cyminum
Essential Oil Green / Leafy Herbaceous Spicy Readily Available

Extremely powerful, diffusive, green-spicy, slightly fatty, but at the same time not sharp or pungent, almost soft and mellow. This softness is one of the main features of a true o…

Dalmatian Sage Oil

Salvia officinalis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Readily Available

Fresh and strong, warm-spicy herbaceous and camphoraceous odor, somewhat reminiscent of artemisia vulgaris oil. A peculiar sweetness, reminiscent of tansy flowers, is characteristi…

Eucalyptus Citriodora Oil

Eucalyptus citriodora
Essential Oil Balsamic Citrus Floral Readily Available

Strong and very fresh, rosy-citronella-like odor and a sweet, balsamic-floral dryout note.

European Pennyroyal Oil

Mentha pulegium
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Minty Limited Quantities

Very fresh, strong, herbaceous-minty, but not very bitter odor (in contrast to the American type).

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…

Geranium

Pelargonium species
Essential Oil Readily Available

Geranium Absolute

Pelargonium graveolens
Absolute Earthy / Rooty Floral Green / Leafy Limited Quantities

Intense and very powerful, somewhat leafy-earthy, but soft and pleasant odor. The leafy-green notes are quite pronounced, but the rich, rosy-minty undertone remains on a blotter th…

Geranium Concrète

Pelargonium graveolens
Concrète Earthy / Rooty Floral Green / Leafy Readily Available

Intensely earthy herbaceous, somewhat sharp-rosy, foliage-green odor and great tenacity.

Geranium Oil

Pelargonium graveolens
Essential Oil Floral Sweet Readily Available

Jasmin Absolute from Concrète

Jasminum grandiflorum
Absolute Balsamic Floral Fruity Readily Available

Intensely floral, warm, rich and highly diffusive odor with a peculiar waxy-herbaceous, oily-fruity and tea-like undertone. The odor and the nuances in the undertone varies accordi…

Jasmin Concrète

Jasminum officinale
Concrète Animalic Floral Sweet Readily Available

Warm, intensely floral, somewhat indolic-sharp, but immensely rich and tenacious. Various types of herbaceous sweet, fatty green, tea-like or 'bread'-like, almost 'broth'-like odor…

Jonquil Absolute

Narcissus jonquilla
Absolute Floral Green / Leafy Sweet Irregular / Rare

Heavy, honeylike, deep-sweet floral odor with a strong green undertone and a somewhat bitter, very tenacious dryout note. The odor bears great similarity to the fragrance of longoz…

Labdanum

Cistus ladaniferus
Oleoresin Animalic Balsamic Herbaceous Readily Available

Sweet, herbaceous balsamic, somewhat ambra-like and slightly animalic, rich and tenacious.

Labdanum Absolute from Concrète

Cistus ladaniferus
Absolute Balsamic Herbaceous Musky Limited Quantities

Deep, sweet-balsamic, faintly but persistently herbaceous with an ambra-like, rich undertone. The latter is characteristic and rarely found in other perfume materials.

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…

Lavandin Concrète

Lavandula × intermedia
Concrète Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Herbaceous Readily Available

Intensely herbaceous, rich but not very sweet odor (benzene extract). Petroleum ether extract closely approaches that of the dry herb of lavandin, almost chokingly camphoraceous-wo…