Rather subtle, reminiscent of seaweed, wood, moss, with a peculiar sweet, yet very dry undertone of unequaled tenacity. There is rarely any animal note at all in a good grade of Am…

Sweet-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…

Typical amine-like or 'animal' odor of wet and pulverized cola nuts. This 'proteine' type of odor vanishes completely when cola extracts are used in acid media.

Woody-earthy and very tenacious odor. The very first impression bears great resemblance to the Oriental cinnamon-olibanum complex: diffusive, dry, woody, slightly spicy. The overal…

The odor is warm, but fresh-woody, spicy and with a peculiar resemblance to orange, lemon, lemon-grass, coriander seed oil, etc. in the initial, fresh topnotes. The sweet and heavy…

Sweet-woody, balsamic, very pleasant, uniform and tenacious. Certain lots show more burnt or phenolic, tarlike odors than others.

Intensely sweet, woody-balsamic odor with a rich and tenacious, fruity-balsamic body-note. The topnotes can be more or less coarse, but the dryout is usually very sweet, soft and p…

Thymol type: medicinal-spicy, warm and somewhat herbaceous. Eugenol type: powerful, warm-spicy and aromatic odor, reminiscent of clove leaf oil, but having a sweet-woody, almost fl…

Spicy-woody, somewhat sweet, faintly peppery odor. When comminuted, the seed emits a strong, sweet-fruity odor, reminiscent of strawberry and banana.

Red sandalwood wood is not fragrant and does not yield essential oil. African Rosewood is faintly fragrant but not used for distillation. Many Pterocarpus species have fragrant woo…