150 materials found
Ambra
Physeter catodonRather 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 moschatusRich, 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 araucarioldesDelicately 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 asafoetidaDistinctly 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 atlanticaVery 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 balsamiferaVery 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 melliferaVery 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. amaraStrong, but sweet and clean odor, reminiscent of crushed, wet bitter almonds or of a very high grade of benzaldehyde.
Black Pepper Oil
Piper nigrumFresh, 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 rosaeodorarefreshing, 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 megastigmaFresh, 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 junceumIntensely sweet, floral haylike fragrance. The deep herbaceous-coumarinic background has great tenacity. The honey-rose notes are particularly useful.
Bruyère Absolute
Erica arboreaVery mild, woody-green and pleasant-balsamic, slightly spicy-aromatic. Resembling guaiacwood or araucaria oils.
Cabreuva Oil
Myrocarpus fastigiatusSweet-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 cadambaWoody-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 capeaStrong, woody-floral and deep-sweet odor with a somewhat minty-sharp topnote. The tenacity is excellent.
Capsicum
Capsicum annuumCapsicum Absolute has an interesting tobacco-like, sweet-herbaceous odor.
Cardamom Oil
Elettaria cardamomumwarm-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 caryophyllusVery 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 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.
Cassie Absolute
Acacia farnesianaExtremely warm, powdery-spicy, at the same time herbaceous and floral with a deep and very tenacious cinnamic-balsamic undertone.
Celery Seed Oil
Apium graveolensSpicy-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 champacaQuite 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 spicatusDelightfully 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 civettatypically 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 sclareaExtremely 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 caryophyllataOily-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 caryophyllataSweet-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 nuciferaPeculiar 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 speciesSimilar 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…