150 materials found

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…

Araucaria Oil

Callitropsis araucarioldes
Essential Oil Floral Sweet Woody Limited Quantities

Delicately woody, but also rich and sweet (a rare combination), almost floral like nerolidol or cabreuva oil. Has notes in common with amyris oil, bois de rose, copaiba, good guaia…

Asafoetida

Ferula asafoetida
Oleo-gum-resin Balsamic Phenolic / Sharp Resinous Readily Available

Distinctly alliaceous odor with garlic-onion-like topnote, beneath which is an immensely rich and sweet-balsamic body of highly interesting type. The dryout reveals some vanillin o…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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…

Capé Oil

Popowia capea
Essential Oil Floral Minty Sweet On Order Only

Strong, woody-floral and deep-sweet odor with a somewhat minty-sharp topnote. The tenacity is excellent.

Capsicum

Capsicum annuum
Oleoresin Herbaceous Spicy Tobacco Readily Available

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

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…

Carob Bean

Ceratonia siliqua
Extract Animalic Fruity Sweet Readily Available

Faint 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.

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.

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 …

Champaca Absolute

Michelia champaca
Absolute Floral Sweet Woody Irregular / Rare

Quite unique: delicately dry-floral, at the same time reminding one of orange flowers, ylang-ylang, carnation and tearose. There are notes which resemble those of sage clary, methy…

Chioranthus Spicatus

Chioranthus spicatus
Absolute Balsamic Floral Sweet Irregular / Rare

Delightfully soft, woody-floral odor with striking resemblance to boronia absolute. The topnote is somewhat dry-woody, but becomes increasingly sweet-balsamic and floral like Peru …

Civet

Viverra civetta
Animal (crude) Animalic Musky Sweet Readily Available

typically animal-sweet, free from faecal notes, urine notes or the like. The undertone bears some resemblance to that of ambrette seed oil and of a well cured goat skin. The odor o…

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…

Clove Bud Absolute

Eugenia caryophyllata
Absolute Balsamic Floral Spicy Limited Quantities

Oily-sweet, intensely rich and spicy, slightly sour-fruity and refreshing. Very closely reminiscent of dry clove buds. The absolute presents a floral and refined type of this fragr…

Clove Bud Oil

Eugenia caryophyllata
Essential Oil Fruity Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Sweet-spicy note with fruity-fresh topnote and a touch of acetic odor making it refreshing. The eugenol note is distinctly subdued, sweetened and freshened by trace materials.

Coconut Absolute

Cocos nucifera
Absolute Fruity Green / Leafy Sweet Not Commercial

Peculiar fruity-fatty, very fresh and light, yet tenacious odor. Only upon extreme dilution (about 1.0 mg% or lower) the nutty and typical fragrance appears.

Copaiba Balsam Oil

Copaifera species
Essential Oil Balsamic Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Similar to that of the balsam, but much milder, sweeter, almost creamy-balsamic with a faint peppery-spicy undertone. Notes which resemble furfuryl alcohol and cadinene, others may…