75 materials found

Agar Oil

Aquilaria agallocha
Essential Oil Balsamic Sweet Woody On Order Only

Rich and sweet-woody, almost balsamic odor not unlike that of vetiverol or purified styrene-free styrax, and with a sweetness similar to that of sandalwood oil.

Ambra

Physeter catodon
Animal (crude) Marine / Seaweed Mossy Sweet Irregular / Rare

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…

Basil Oil

Ocimum basilicum
Essential Oil Balsamic Green / Leafy Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

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…

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 Orange Oil

Citrus aurantium
Essential Oil Citrus Floral Fresh / Clean Irregular / Rare

Very 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…

Black Pepper Oil

Piper nigrum
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Resinous Spicy Readily Available

Fresh, dry-woody, warm-spicy, reminiscent not only of the odor of dried black pepper, but also of elemi, cubeb and other essential oils of high terpene-sesquiterpene content.

Broom Absolute

Spartium junceum
Absolute Coumarinic / Hay Floral Sweet Limited Quantities

Intensely sweet, floral haylike fragrance. The deep herbaceous-coumarinic background has great tenacity. The honey-rose notes are particularly useful.

Capsicum

Capsicum annuum
Oleoresin Herbaceous Spicy Tobacco Readily Available

Capsicum Absolute has an interesting tobacco-like, sweet-herbaceous odor.

Carrot Seed Oil

Daucus carota
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Peculiar dry-woody, somewhat root-like, earthy odor. The initial notes are sweet and fresh, but the tenacious undertone and dryout is very heavy, wet-earthy, fatty-oily, slightly s…

Celery Seed Oil

Apium graveolens
Essential Oil Spicy Sweet warm Readily Available

Spicy-warm, sweet and rich, 'soup-like', longlasting and powerful, slightly fatty, typical of the odor of the seed (fruit) but less fresh than the odor of the celery plant. One of …

Cestrum Nocturnum Oil

Cestrum nocturnum
Essential Oil Floral Spicy Sweet Irregular / Rare

Extremely heavy isoeugenol-like, faintly carnation-like, woody-warm, yet strongly floral odor.

Cistus Oil

Cistus ladanifer
Essential Oil Animalic Balsamic Spicy Limited Quantities

Very powerful and tenacious odor: warm and sweet, yet dry and reminiscent of ambra in its somewhat animal notes.

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…

Costus Oil

Saussurea lappa
Essential Oil Animalic Balsamic Earthy / Rooty Readily Available

Peculiar soft, but extremely tenacious odor, reminiscent of old, precious wood, orris root, fatty (but not rancid) acids, vetiverol, etc., with a distinctly animal or sebaceous und…

Cumin Absolute

Cuminum cyminum
Absolute Green / Leafy Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Powerful, but delicately mellow and round, green-spicy odor, very closely reminiscent of the odor of the crushed seed from which it is derived. The absolute has a striking resembla…

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…

Curcuma Oil

Curcuma longa
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Citrus Powdery Limited Quantities

Usually spicy and fresh, reminiscent of sweet orange, ginger and galanga. Japanese curcuma oil is warm, dry-woody, powdery, camphoraceous and slightly peppery-spicy with a peculiar…

Cypress Oil

Cupressus sempervirens
Essential Oil Balsamic Fresh / Clean Pine / Coniferous Limited Quantities

Sweet-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 …

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…

Erigeron Oil

Erigeron canadensis
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Sweet, but very fresh-spicy, herbaceous, basil-like odor. The dryout note is peculiar, winey-herbaceous and sweet, resembling the odor of powdered licorice root. Also resembles mor…

Expressed Lime Oil

Citrus aurantiifolia
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Irregular / Rare

Intensely fresh, rich and sweet, peel-like odor, perhaps more lemon-like than the odor of distilled lime oil, but also mellower and somewhat 'perfumery'. The tenacity of the fragra…

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 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…

Ginger Absolute

Zingiber officinale
Absolute Camphoraceous / Medicinal Citrus Spicy Not Commercial

Very true reproduction of ginger rhizome, concentrated many times. The sweetness is emphasized, the rich, warm spiciness is predominant, and the tenacity is only modest. The typica…

Hay Oil

Essential Oil Coumarinic / Hay Floral Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Delightfully sweet-herbaceous, tea-like fragrance, reminiscent of the odor of sage clary, wet tea leaves and hay. The undertone and the dryout are almost floral-woody, but remain s…

Hop Absolute

Humulus lupulus
Absolute Green / Leafy Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Intensely deep-herbaceous, rich and green-spicy odor with a peculiar and characteristic "bitter"-leafy undertone, distinct and tenacious. A valerian-like topnote develops in older …

Hyssop Oil

Hyssopus officinalis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Powerful, somewhat sharp, but sweet-camphoraceous odor, and with a warm-aromatic, spicy undertone.

Jaborandi Oil

Pilocarpus jaborandi
Essential Oil Fruity Herbaceous Sweet Irregular / Rare

Sweet-herbaceous, somewhat fruity, not exactly pleasant odor; the odor tones out later on in a tea-like, somewhat bitter, but quite pleasant undertone.

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…