61 materials found
Anise Oil
Pimpinella anisumIntensely sweet and clean odor, truly reminiscent of the crushed fruit. Very common description is that of 'licorice odor'.
Basil Oil
Ocimum basilicumSweet-spicy, slightly green, fresh, with a faint balsamic woody undertone and a lasting sweetness. The exotic type is somewhat coarse-herbaceous, slightly camphoraceous in the init…
Beeswax Absolute
Apis melliferaVery mild, sweet, oily odor, with a haylike or coumarinic bodynote and a soft, waxy undertone. The odor is remotely reminiscent of good (not harsh) linseed oil with a trace of hone…
Bitter Almond Oil
Prunus amygdalus var. amaraStrong, but sweet and clean odor, reminiscent of crushed, wet bitter almonds or of a very high grade of benzaldehyde.
Bitter Fennel Oil
Foeniculum vulgareSomewhat sharp and warm-camphoraceous odor, initially earthy, but later on sweet, anisic and spicy.
Bitter Orange Oil
Citrus aurantiumVery peculiar, fresh and yet 'bitter' in the sense of 'dry', but with a rich and lasting, sweet undertone. There are notes which remind of bergamot, grapefruit and sweet orange, bu…
Broom Absolute
Spartium junceumIntensely sweet, floral haylike fragrance. The deep herbaceous-coumarinic background has great tenacity. The honey-rose notes are particularly useful.
Cade Oil
Juniperus oxycedrusIntense tar-like, smoky-phenolic odor.
Caraway Oil
Carum carviStrong and peculiar odor typical of the fruit, but with a fatty-harsh undertone in crude oil. Rectified oil has stronger, less fatty odor. Characteristic initial note of nauseating…
Carob Bean
Ceratonia siliquaFaint odor of the bean with a cheese-like, almost rancid odor due to butyric acid content. The flowers yield a concrete of mimosa-cassie type odor.
Cistus Oil
Cistus ladaniferVery powerful and tenacious odor: warm and sweet, yet dry and reminiscent of ambra in its somewhat animal notes.
Coriander Oil
Coriandrum sativumPleasant 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 cyminumExtremely 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…
Cypress Oil
Cupressus sempervirensSweet-balsamic, yet refreshing odor, reminiscent of pine needles oil, templin oil, juniper berry oil, cardamom oil (without the cineole-note), and with a unique dryout of delicate …
Dictam Oil
Dictamnus hispanicusVery fresh, sweet and anisic odor, reminiscent of Texas goldenrod oil. The odor also resembles that of estragon but it is less green-herbal than this. There is finally some resembl…
Distilled Sweet Orange Oil
Citrus sinensisFresh, sweet, not very rich odor, very poor in tenacity. Only freshly produced or well preserved oils have fresh odors. Distilled oils become rancid or oxidized more quickly than e…
Eucalyptus Globulus Oil
Eucalyptus globulusEuropean Pennyroyal Oil
Mentha pulegiumVery fresh, strong, herbaceous-minty, but not very bitter odor (in contrast to the American type).
Everlasting Absolute
Helichrysum angustifoliumIntensely sweet-herbaceous, coumarinic, honeylike, slightly woody-floral with a peculiar licorice-like undertone. The heavy and fruity sweetness is sometimes compared to that of bl…
Fig Leaf Absolute
Ficus caricaDelicately sweet-green, herbaceous and somewhat woody odor with a mossy undertone.
Geranium Oil
Pelargonium graveolensGeranium Oils
Pelargonium speciesRich and very sweet-rosy base (for Geranium sur Roses de Grasse variant).
German Chamomile Oil
Matricaria chamomillaIntensely sweet, herbaceous-coumarin-like odor with a fresh-fruity undertone. In pure and undiluted state, the sweetness and odor-intensity is almost sickening, nauseating. The dry…
Juniperberry Oil
Juniperus communisFresh, yet warm, rich-balsamic, woody-sweet and pine-needle-like odor.
Labdanum
Cistus ladaniferusSweet, herbaceous balsamic, somewhat ambra-like and slightly animalic, rich and tenacious.
Labdanum
Cistus ladaniferusLabdanum Absolute from Concrète
Cistus ladaniferusDeep, sweet-balsamic, faintly but persistently herbaceous with an ambra-like, rich undertone. The latter is characteristic and rarely found in other perfume materials.
Labdanum Resinoid
Cistus ladaniferusSomewhat subdued labdanum odor compared to the absolute. Benzene extracts carry noticeable solvent odor. Petroleum ether extracts contain the most wanted odor principles in high co…
Laurel Leaf Oil
Laurus nobilisFresh, 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 × intermediaPronounced 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 …