56 materials found
Lemon Petitgrain Oil
Citrus limonumVery 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…
Mastic
Pistacia lentiscusFaint, balsamic-turpentine-like odor (dry mastic). Oil: turpentine-like, fresh-balsamic odor. Resinoid: bitter-woody, natural undertone with good fixation.
Moroccan Chamomile Oil
Ormenis multicaulisFresh-herbaceous, slightly camphoraceous, but soon changes into a sweet, cistus-like and rich-balsamic undertone which is very tenacious and pleasant, almost ambra-like.
Myrtle Oil
Myrtus communisStrongly 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 aurantiumVery 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 prunastriOakmoss Concrète
Evernia prunastriPhenolic-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. amaraExtremely 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…
Origanum Oil
Thymus capitatusStrong, tar-like, herbaceous, but very refreshing odor. The topnote is slightly green-camphoraceous, herbaceous, and the body is rich, dry-woody, somewhat reminiscent of cade and p…
Orris Concrète Oil
Iris pallidaWoody, fatty-oily but distinctly violet-like odor, with a fruity undertone, sweet-floral, warm and tenacious. Melts at about body temperature.
Orris Resinoid
Iris pallidaDeep-sweet, slightly woody-tobacco-like odor with winy topnote and sweet, root-like undertone.
Peppermint Oil
Mentha piperitaFresh, 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 amaraPleasant, 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…
Rhodium Wood Oil
Convolvulus scopariusFaint, but pleasant, sweet-woody, somewhat floral odor, reminiscent of nerol, nerolidol, rhodinol and linalool.
Rose de mai absolute
Rosa centifoliaRich 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 centifoliaWarm, deep-floral, slightly woody-sweet, but the spicy or honeylike notes are less pronounced than those of damascena concrète.
Rosemary Oil
Rosmarinus officinalisStrong, 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…
Rose Oil, Moroccan
Rosa centifoliaDeep-sweet, rich and tenacious floral rose-odor. The peculiar 'spicy' undertone found in Bulgarian oil seems to be missing or slightly weaker in the Moroccan oil. The warmth is equ…
Rue Oil
Ruta graveolensSharp-herbaceous, distinctly fruity-orange-like, with a characteristic bitter-acrid undertone that makes the overall impression an unpleasant one.
Sandarac
Callitris quadrivalvisTurpentine-like, fresh-resinous and slightly balsamic odor. The essential oil is pale yellow or almost colorless mobile liquid.
Savory Oil
Satureja hortensis, Satureja montanaFresh 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.
Sweet Marjoram Oil
Origanum majoranaWarm-spicy, aromatic-camphoraceous and woody odor, reminiscent of nutmeg and cardamom. Similar in odor to Melaleuca Alternifolia.
Thyme Oil
Thymus vulgarisRich 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 Absolute
Woody, dry, forest-like or seaweed-like, herbaceous-green and of great tenacity. Presents the earthy-woody, dry forest notes and part of the leather-like notes of true oakmoss. But…
Treemoss Concrète
Evernia furfuracea, Usnea barbataMore 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.
Tuberose Absolute
Polyanthes tuberosaExtremely heavy-sweet, floral-honey-like with a distinct oily-fatty undertone (from pommade). From concrète: heavy floral, almost nauseatingly sweet, heavy and somewhat spicy odor,…