208 materials found

African Geranium Oil

Pelargonium graveolens
Essential Oil Floral Green / Leafy Herbaceous Limited Quantities

Sweet and powerful rosy-leafy, slightly herbaceous odor, combining some of the qualities of the Algerian oil with those of the Réunion type of geranium oil. The odor is usually les…

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…

Ambrette Seed Oil

Abelmoschus moschatus
Essential Oil Floral Fruity Musky Limited Quantities

Rich, sweet, floral-musky, distinctly wine-like or brandy-like odor with a bouquet and roundness rarely found in any other perfume material. Has some notes in common with cypress o…

Ambrette Seed Tincture

Abelmoschus moschatus
Tincture Musky Sweet Limited Quantities

Angelica Root Absolute

Angelica archangelica
Absolute Earthy / Rooty Musky Spicy Limited Quantities

Intensely musky-woody, heavy, sweet, somewhat spicy, with a resemblance to Pimpinella root. The richness in odor body has some similarity to that of ambrette seed absolute, but the…

Anona Squamosa Oil

Anona squamosa
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Pleasant, somewhat spicy-woody odor reminiscent of cedar, cubeb, cardamom, etc.

Atlas Cedarwood Resinoid

Cedrus atlantica
Resinoid Balsamic Resinous Woody On Order Only

Very true-to-nature fragrance without the camphoraceous-cresylic, or ketonic-sharp topnote found in the essential oil. May carry some solvent odor (benzene) due to tremendous fixat…

Australasian Sandalwood Oil

Eucaria spicata
Essential Oil Balsamic Sweet Woody Limited Quantities

Soft, woody, extremely tenacious and somewhat balsamic in its delicate sweetness. Its topnote is distinctly different from that of the East Indian sandalwood oil, not sweet but rat…

Balsam Poplar

Populus balsamifera
Oleoresin Balsamic Coumarinic / Hay Resinous Not Commercial

Very sweet balsamic coumarinic-cinnamic odor, with a peculiar undertone reminiscent of labdanum extracts. There is a distinct note in alcoholic extracts, reminding one of hop absol…

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…

Beeswax Absolute

Apis mellifera
Absolute Coumarinic / Hay Sweet waxy Limited Quantities

Very 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…

Benzoin

Resinoid Balsamic Sweet Vanilla / Gourmand Readily Available

sweet, balsamic-vanillin-like odor

Bitter Almond Oil

Prunus amygdalus var. amara
Essential Oil Aldehydic / Soapy Sweet Limited Quantities

Strong, but sweet and clean odor, reminiscent of crushed, wet bitter almonds or of a very high grade of benzaldehyde.

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…

Bois de Rose Oil

Aniba rosaeodora
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Spicy Readily Available

refreshing, sweet-woody, somewhat floral-spicy odor. The topnote varies considerably with the origin and quality of the oil. It is usually somewhat camphoraceous-peppery, reminisce…

Boronia Absolute

Boronia megastigma
Absolute Floral Fruity Green / Leafy Limited Quantities

Fresh, fruity-green, sweet tea-like, slightly spicy-herbaceous (reminiscent of cinnamon and tobacco leaf). The main body notes display a tremendously rich and tenacious floral unde…

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.

Bruyère Absolute

Erica arborea
Absolute Balsamic Green / Leafy Spicy Irregular / Rare

Very mild, woody-green and pleasant-balsamic, slightly spicy-aromatic. Resembling guaiacwood or araucaria oils.

Cabreuva Oil

Myrocarpus fastigiatus
Essential Oil Floral Sweet Woody Irregular / Rare

Sweet-woody, very delicate and slightly floral odor. Its tenacity is one of its greatest virtues. Certain lots may display dry topnotes similar to those found in cubeb oil or in th…

Cadamba Oil

Anthocephalus cadamba
Essential Oil Floral Minty Sweet Limited Quantities

Woody-floral and sweet odor with a short-lived, but strong minty-borneolic topnote. The dryout is delightfully sweet-floral, reminiscent of champaca and neroli. The tenacity of thi…

Canada Balsam

Abies balsamea
Oleoresin Balsamic Fresh / Clean Fruity Limited Quantities

Fresh, sweet-balsamic with an almost fruity-floral topnote reminiscent of the odor of iso-propyl benzoate, but fresher, at times lemon-like rather than turpentine-like. The dryout …

Canadian Snakeroot Oil

Asarum canadense
Essential Oil Minty Spicy Sweet Limited Quantities

Warm-aromatic, woody-spicy, yet rich and sweet with a minty-gingerlike undertone, and a pronounced tealike, lasting dryout.

Cardamom Oil

Elettaria cardamomum
Essential Oil Balsamic Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Readily Available

warm-spicy, aromatic, at first penetrating camphoraceous-cineole-like or somewhat medicinal, reminiscent of eucalyptus. Later, it becomes balsamic-woody, increasingly sweet and alm…

Carnation Absolute

Dianthus caryophyllus
Absolute Floral Herbaceous Sweet Limited Quantities

Very sweet, honeylike, somewhat herbaceous, heavy and tenacious fragrance, reminiscent of the odor of the live flowers only to a certain degree and only in high dilutions (5% or we…

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…

Cascarilla Oil

Croton eluteria
Essential Oil Herbaceous Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Strong spicy-aromatic, warm-woody, slightly peppery odor reminiscent of nutmeg, myrtle, melaleuca alternifolia, hyssop and other spices or culinary herbs. Its topnote is not exactl…

Cassie Absolute

Acacia farnesiana
Absolute Balsamic Floral Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Extremely warm, powdery-spicy, at the same time herbaceous and floral with a deep and very tenacious cinnamic-balsamic undertone.

Cedarleaf Oil

Thuja occidentalis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Green / Leafy Readily Available

Intensely sharp, but quite fresh, camphoraceous odor. Bears great resemblance to the flowering tansy herb, artemisia herb, dalmatian sage herb, etc. with a sweet undertone reminisc…

Cedrat Petitgrain Oil

Citrus medica var. bajoura
Essential Oil Floral Fresh / Clean Green / Leafy On Order Only

Sweet and fresh, floral-woody, leafy "petitgrain"-type of odor, somewhat reminiscent of lemon-petitgrain oil, however, not nearly as powerful as that oil.

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 …