116 materials found
Lavandin Oil
Lavandula hybridaStrongly herbaceous with a very fresh camphene-cineole-like topnote which should not be distinctly camphoraceous. The rich, woody-herbaceous notes of the body components will usual…
Lemon Aroma
Citrus limonContains the most delicate and light-aromatic parts of the fragrance and flavor of the lemon oil.
Lemongrass Oil
Cymbopogon flexuosus / Cymbopogon citratusVery strong, fresh-grassy lemon-type, herbaceous or tea-like odor. West Indian type has an earthy undertone reminiscent of Ceylon citronella oil, while East Indian type smells swee…
Lemon Oil
Citrus limomumVery light, fresh and sweet odor, truly reminiscent of the ripe peel. No turpentine-like, harsh-terpene notes should be detectable on a perfume blotter. Good oils retain their fres…
Lemon Petitgrain Oil
Citrus limonumVery strong, fresh odor with a distinct bitter undertone, at times woody, in poorer oils grassy. The dryout should be very rich and sweet, slightly floral-fruity. Particular bitter…
Lemon Petitgrain, Terpeneless
Citrus limonHas an unequalled freshness and an enormously rich sweetness; its power will surprise most first-users. Shows tenacity in high-class colognes.
Leptospermum Citratum Oil
Leptospermum citratumVery strong, fresh, sweet, yet somewhat sharp or pungent odor, reminiscent of lemongrass, lemon petitgrain and Java citronella oils in a sweet, well-balanced mixture. The power and…
Lily of the Valley Absolute
Convallaria majalisVery pleasantly fragrant, with a delicate floral quality and a distinct touch of greenness, surrounded by a fresh, rosy-lemony body note. However, the entire bouquet is far from th…
Linaloe Seed Oil
Bursera delpechianaQuite similar in odor type to Linaloe Wood Oil, but somewhat harsher, with a slightly bitter topnote. Present typical linalool-linalyl acetate odors with more or less pronounced te…
Litsea Cubeba Oil
Litsea cubebaIntensely lemon-like, fresh and sweet odor, with a soft and sweet-fruity, uniform dryout. Few or no 'fatty-grassy' methyl heptenone notes detectable.
Louro Nhamuy Oil
Nectandra elaiophoraFresh and strongly terpene-like, sweet odor. Little or no resemblance to true bois de rose oil, but has much in common with petitgrain monoterpenes and foreruns. Sweet, bitter-leaf…
Mastic
Pistacia lentiscusFaint, balsamic-turpentine-like odor (dry mastic). Oil: turpentine-like, fresh-balsamic odor. Resinoid: bitter-woody, natural undertone with good fixation.
Melaleuca Alternifolia Oil
Melaleuca alternifoliaWarm-spicy, aromatic-terpenic odor, reminiscent of nutmeg, cardamom and sweet marjoram, but with a strong emphasis on the terpinene- and terpinenol-notes (odor of the foreruns from…
Melaleuca Linariifolia Oil
Melaleuca linariifoliaStrong camphoraceous-eucalyptus-like odor, with a warm-terpenic undertone. Much more eucalyptus-like in odor and flavor than melaleuca alternifolia, and does not recall the odor of…
Melissa Oil
Melissa officinalisVery pleasant citral-citronellal type of fresh and sweet-herbaceous odor.
Mentha Arvensis Oil
Mentha arvensisStrong, fresh and somewhat bitter-sweet odor, to a certain degree reminiscent of the odor of peppermint oil. The undertone is somewhat harsh-woody and the dryout is bitter-herbaceo…
Milfoil Oil
Achillea millefoliumSharp, somewhat camphoraceous odor, drying out in a sweeter, faint and pleasant note. The overall odor may recall the odors of cedarleaf and tansy, Texas cedarwood (faintly) and va…
Myrtle Oil
Myrtus communisStrongly camphoraceous-spicy, but also sweet-herbaceous and fresh body-notes. The better oils, e.g. Tunisian and Corsican myrtle oils, are very fresh and strong in topnotes, and ye…
Niaouli Oil
Melaleuca viridifloraStrong, fresh, sweet-camphoraceous, but cooling odor, reminiscent of eucalyptus oil and cardamom oil, however, less spicy than the latter. The sweetness in odor is quite characteri…
Nindi Oil
Aeolanthus graveolensPowerful and fresh-rosy, lemony odor with an almost muguet-like, delicate topnote and a sweet, pleasant, rosy dryout note.
North American Sassafras Oil
Sassafras albidumSweet-spicy, fresh and slightly camphoraceous odor with a long-lasting, woody-floral and very sweet undertone. A short, fresh-peppery topnote is characteristic of the odor of this …
Oil of Eucalyptus Numerosa "Type"
Eucalyptus numerosaFresh-peppery, spicy and minty odor with a bitter-terpeney, rather unpleasant undertone. There is little or no dryout note.
Olibanum Oil
Boswellia speciesStrongly diffusive, fresh-terpeney, almost green-lemon-like or reminiscent of green, unripe apples (peel), but not terebinthinate. A certain pepperiness is mellowed with a rich, sw…
Orange Flower Absolute
Citrus aurantiumVery intensely floral, heavy and rich, warm, but also delicate and fresh, long-lasting odor, closely resembling the odor of fresh bitter-orange blossoms. Pleasant, but peculiar and…
Oregon Balsam
Pseudotsuga taxifoliaPleasant, fresh, pine-type odor. The 'peppery' fresh note of Canada balsam seems to be missing in the Oregon balsam.
Oregon Balsam Oil
Pseudotsuga menziesiiLight, pleasant-fresh, turpentine-like odor. Very volatile oil with poor tenacity. The fresh and natural note is far superior to that of pinene isolated from ordinary turpentine oi…
Pandanus Absolute
Pandanus odoratissimusIntensely sharp, very powerful and diffusive, but also very sweet, hyacinth-honeylike odor. The powerful topnote is of very short duration, leaving only a faint, sweet-floral and f…
Peppermint Oil
Mentha piperitaFresh, strong, somewhat grassy-minty odor with a deep balsamic-sweet undertone and a sweet, clean dryout note. The grassy topnote may disappear or fade after proper ageing of the o…
Petitgrain Bigarade Oil
Citrus aurantium subspecies amaraPleasant, fresh-floral, sweet odor, reminiscent of orange flowers with a slightly woody-herbaceous undertone and very faint, but sweet-floral dryout notes. The bitter topnote is po…
Petitgrain Bigarade sur fleurs d'oranger
Citrus aurantium var. amaraFresh and sweet-floral odor, reminiscent of orange flowers, of terpeneless petitgrain oil, and having a soft, sweet-woody, tenacious undertone. The orange-flowers seem to display t…