23 materials found
Anise Oil
Pimpinella anisumIntensely sweet and clean odor, truly reminiscent of the crushed fruit. Very common description is that of 'licorice odor'.
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.
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.
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…
Dalmatian Sage Oil
Salvia officinalisFresh and strong, warm-spicy herbaceous and camphoraceous odor, somewhat reminiscent of artemisia vulgaris oil. A peculiar sweetness, reminiscent of tansy flowers, is characteristi…
European Pennyroyal Oil
Mentha pulegiumVery fresh, strong, herbaceous-minty, but not very bitter odor (in contrast to the American type).
Fig Leaf Absolute
Ficus caricaDelicately sweet-green, herbaceous and somewhat woody odor with a mossy undertone.
Laurel Berry Oil
Laurus nobilisWarm camphoraceous and spicy odor, reminiscent of myrtle, juniperberry, hyssop, Comoro-basil, cajuput and similar oils.
Lavender Oil
Lavandula officinalisSweet, floral-herbaceous refreshing odor with a pleasant, balsamic-woody undertone. An almost fruity-sweet topnote is of a very short life, and the entire oil is not distinguished …
Licorice Extract
Glycyrrhiza glabraSweet, mild odor somewhat different from that of the botanical starting material (the aqueous extract is often evaporated over an open fire and some caramellization of the extract …
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…
Nigella Damascena Oil
Nigella damascenaPeculiar and intensely sweet-fruity, nauseating and somewhat unpleasant odor when freshly distilled. After proper ageing shows great tenacity, very pleasant dryout of peculiar winy…
Nigella Sativa Oil
Nigella sativaOriganum 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…
Rose Absolute Damascena
Rosa damascenaExtremely rich, warm, spicy-floral and very deep rose odor with a more or less pronounced honeylike undertone. Its diffusive power is only realized when diluted or used at concentr…
Rose Damascena Concrète
Rosa damascenaExtremely rich, deep and sweetly floral, truly reminiscent of the red or pink rose. A peculiar sweet spiciness on a sweet-woody undertone and an immensely deep-floral and faintly h…
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 Otto
Rosa damascenaWarm, deep-floral, slightly spicy and immensely rich, truly reminiscent of red roses, often with nuances in the spicy and honeylike notes.
Saffron Oil
Crocus sativusMost peculiar, intensely sweet, spicy, floral-aldehydic odor with a slightly fatty-herbaceous undertone. Fresh, strong odor, recalling that of the botanical material.
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…