280 materials found
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…
Lovage Herb Oil
Levisticum officinaleExtremely diffusive odor. Initial notes resemble lovage root oil, celery seed oil and mentha citrata oil. Undertone and dryout notes are extremely sweet-aromatic, sweet-floral, rem…
Lovage Oleoresin
Levisticum officinaleIntensely sweet, rich and spicy-aromatic, warm odor, reminiscent of celery, angelica, tonka, etc., with a slightly musky-woody undertone. Much "heavier" in type than the essential …
Lovage Root Oil
Levisticum officinaleVery powerful and rich, spicy-warm, fresh-aromatic, intensely sweet and "root-like" odor, suggestive of celery, angelica, licorice extract, deertongue oleoresin, etc.
Mace Extract
Myristica fragransFresh and spicy with a warm, rich and almost balsamic undertone. No sharp or pungent terpene-like notes or rubber-like topnote such as can be experienced with nutmeg oil.
Magnolia
Magnolia grandifloraExtremely delicate, sweet fragrance, reminiscent of rose, violet and orange flowers or, in the opinion of others, like rosa canina, the common hedgerose (dogrose, hiprose).
Mandarin Peel Oil
Citrus reticulataIntensely sweet, not very fresh odor, occasionally with an amine-like, 'fishy' topnote and usually with a rich neroli-like, floral undertone. Shows beautiful bluish fluorescence up…
Mandarin Petitgrain Oil
Citrus reticulataIntensely sweet, rich, deep-fruity, grape-like, floral odor in which a distinct mustiness is characteristic, and a plum-grape-like fruity undertone lends a peculiar and very powerf…
Manevoro Oil
Sweet-woody, very rich and somewhat herbaceous odor, reminiscent of patchouli, orris, costus, Atlas cedar and sage clary concrète. The dryout on a blotter shows an increasing sweet…
Maple Syrup
Acer saccharum, Acer nigrumMelaleuca Bracteata Oil
Melaleuca bracteataVery delicate, sweet-woody, herbaceous, recalling the odor of dry tea-leaves. The 'tea' note is quite characteristic of this particular oil.
Melaleuca Viridiflora Oil, Variety "A"
Melaleuca viridifloraSoft, sweet-balsamic, woody and slightly floral odor. On drying out, it shows not only great tenacity, but also a very pleasant, floral-woody body, although of very faint odor.
Melilotus Extract
Melilotus officinalisVery sweet, herbaceous-root-like and rich odor. Often described as 'tobacco-like', though this is a coumarin-type odor that is artificially introduced in cured tobacco for flavorin…
Melissa Oil
Melissa officinalisVery pleasant citral-citronellal type of fresh and sweet-herbaceous odor.
Mimosa Absolute
Acacia decurrensVery rich, floral-woody, slightly green and resembling cassie absolute to a certain degree. It is sweeter and more natural flower-like, but less spicy-complex than cassie.
Mimusops Elengi Oil
Mimusops elengiVery delicate, sweet and extremely tenacious floral odor, somewhat reminiscent of orange flower and tuberose, or the more well-known stephanotis floribunda (gardenia undertone). A …
Moroccan Chamomile Oil
Ormenis multicaulisFresh-herbaceous, slightly camphoraceous, but soon changes into a sweet, cistus-like and rich-balsamic undertone which is very tenacious and pleasant, almost ambra-like.
Muhuhu Oil
Brachylaena hutchinsiiSoft, balsamic-woody, somewhat sweet and faintly floral odor, reminiscent of vetiver, sandalwood and tail-fractions of Atlas cedarwood oil. Fresh oils show a strong topnote of styr…
Musk
Moschus moschiferusCharacteristic animal-type, slightly amine-like, sweet and very persistent odor. Intense, yet typical musk odor in absolute form.
Myrrh
Commiphora speciesWarm-balsamic, sweet and somewhat spicy-aromatic; also somewhat sharp or pungent when fresh, but never terebinthinate.
Myrrh Resinoid
Commiphora myrrhaIntensely warm, deep-spicy, balsamic-aromatic and very rich.
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…
Narcissus Absolute
Narcissus poeticusStrongly foliage-green, very sweet-herbaceous over a faint, but quite persistent floral undertone. The tenacity is very good. Des plaines type: floral-sweet, mild and rich, but not…
Néflier Concrète
Eriobotrya japonicaExtremely rich, delicately floral odor, reminiscent of lilac or hyacinth, however, more suave-balsamic than the odor of these flowers.
Neroli Oil
Citrus aurantiumVery powerful, light and refreshing, floral with a peculiar sweet-terpeney topnote, but its tenacity is rather poor. This oil is primarily a 'top-note' material in perfumery.
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…
Nigella Damascena Oil
Nigella damascenaPeculiar and intensely sweet-fruity, nauseating and somewhat unpleasant odor when freshly distilled. After proper ageing shows great tenacity, very pleasant dryout of peculiar winy…
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 …
Nutmeg Extract
Myristica fragransVery warm, suave, spicy-balsamic and strongly aromatic odor.
Nyctanthes Arbortristis Oil
Nyctanthes arbortristisFresh and strong gardenia jasmin type odor, somewhat similar to orange flowers and jasmin.