33 materials found
Ajowan Oil
Ptychotis ajowanPungent, herbaceous-spicy and medicinal odor, reminiscent of red Thyme. However, unlike the rich odor of red thyme, Ajowan Oil presents a sharper, more cymene-like topnote and very…
American Wormseed Oil
Chenopodium ambrosioidesHeavy, unpleasant, nauseating odor, a sharp, camphoraceous topnote and a woody-sweet undertone. The odor faintly recalls that of savin oil.
Ammoniac Gum
Dorema ammoniacumPenetrating sulphuraceous-mercaptanelike odor, reminiscent of onions. The alcohol soluble portion of the essential-oil-free ammoniac gum is a pleasant smelling, balsamic type.
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…
Bay Leaf Oil
Pimenta racemosaFresh-spicy, somewhat medicinal, but it has a lasting, sweet-balsamic undertone. The odor of this oil is quite obnoxious to some people, sickly sweet, nauseating. To others, it is …
Betel Oil
Piper betleDistinctly phenolic, almost tar-like or 'smoky'. Great deal of resemblance to the odor of maté-leaves (or maté absolute) and to certain types of Chinese tea.
Black Currant materials
Ribes nigrumPowerful spicy-woody odor with slightly phenolic undertone and not outstanding tenacity (absolute). Distinctly terpenic odor reminiscent of terpenes in nutmeg, neroli, basil, or ma…
Buchu Leaf Oil
Barosma betulinaVery peculiar: strong, bitter-sweet, minty-camphoraceous, rootlike, penetrating and somewhat medicinal, reminiscent of cough preparations.
Cade Oil
Juniperus oxycedrusIntense tar-like, smoky-phenolic odor.
Caraway Oil
Carum carviStrong and peculiar odor typical of the fruit, but with a fatty-harsh undertone in crude oil. Rectified oil has stronger, less fatty odor. Characteristic initial note of nauseating…
Clove Leaf Oil
Eugenia caryophyllataCrude oil: somewhat harsh, phenolic, only slightly sweet, with a 'burnt' breadlike note, distinctly different from eugenol and clove bud oil. Woodiness and dryness are the most typ…
Garlic Oil
Allium sativumExtremely intense obnoxious odor, to a certain degree reminiscent of garlic, but with a predominant mercaptane-like note which masks the delicate, although strong and highly diffus…
Hazelwort Oil
Asarum europaeumSharp, peppery, spicy-woody and warm, but not very pleasant odor. Somewhat reminiscent of Canadian Snakeroot Oil.
Henna
Lawsonia inermisFlowers smell extremely sweet, delicately floral and tealike, reminiscent of boronia and chloranthus spicatus oils. The attar is somewhat medicinal, phenolic or bitter, but with a …
Hiba Oil
Thujopsis dolobrataDry, woody odor with a peculiar sharp or pungent undertone. Various types available with slightly varying odor depending on presence of ketonic fungistat-bacteriostat.
Horseradish Oil
Armoracia lapathifoliaIntensely sharp odor and lachrymatory effect, reminiscent of the virtues of mustard oil, but even more pungent or irritating than this oil.
Leather
Originally derived from untanned leather, but has evolved to describe tanning and processing materials. Associated with natural tars used as masking odors during tanning process, w…
Maté Absolute
Ilex paraguayensisVery peculiar, rich-herbaceous, dry-leafy, woody-foliage like and somewhat phenolic or smoky, medicinal odor, resembling that of the leaves. The green notes are free from the sharp…
Mustard Oil
Brassica nigraExtremely sharp, acrylic, irritating odor, and of lachrymatory effect.
Oakmoss Concrète
Evernia prunastriPhenolic-woody, slightly tar-like but delicate and pleasant odor, reminiscent of seashore, forest, bark, wood, green foliage and tannery. Petroleum ether extract is richer, more in…
Onion Oil
Allium cepaVery strong odor (when undiluted, it is obnoxiously sulfuraceous) and distinct lachrymatory effect. Distinguished by the complete absence of terpenes.
Onion Oleoresin
Allium cepaIntense onion-odor, but more sweet and subdued than the odor of the essential oil.
Origanum Oil
Thymus capitatusStrong, tar-like, herbaceous, but very refreshing odor. The topnote is slightly green-camphoraceous, herbaceous, and the body is rich, dry-woody, somewhat reminiscent of cade and p…
Pepper Oleoresin
Piper nigrumVery closely resembles that of the natural spice.
Rapeseed Oil
Brassica napusVery pungent, lachrymatory odor and effect upon the mucous membranes. The odor is somewhat reminiscent of horseradish.
Rectified Birch Tar Oil
Betula speciesDistinctly phenolic, very penetrating and diffusive, obviously reminiscent of tar, charred wood and smoke. The most characteristic feature is the sweet-oily undertone which appears…
Rue Oil
Ruta graveolensSharp-herbaceous, distinctly fruity-orange-like, with a characteristic bitter-acrid undertone that makes the overall impression an unpleasant one.
Savin Oil
Juniperus sabinaQuite unique, very unpleasant, nauseating but also slightly reminiscent of juniperberry oil and cypress oil. The initial unpleasant notes could remind one of the odor of wormseed o…
Savory Oil
Satureja hortensis, Satureja montanaFresh medicinal-spicy odor, reminiscent of sage and thyme, but with a sharpness recalling that of cumin oil, although not distinctly green. The dryout is rather phenolic-harsh.
Seaweed Absolute
Various seaweed speciesIntensely green-herbaceous, phenolic-woody and "dry" odor type, distinctly recalling the odor of seaweed drying on a salt water beach after a heavy storm or surf.