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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…

Citronella Oil, Java-type

Cymbopogon winterianus
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Sweet Readily Available

Fresh and sweet, revealing the high content of citronellal and geraniol + citronellol. Does not present the camphene-borneol notes characteristic of Ceylon citronella oil. The dryo…

Geranium

Pelargonium species
Essential Oil Readily Available

Geranium Oil

Pelargonium graveolens
Essential Oil Floral Sweet Readily Available

Geranium Oils

Pelargonium species
Essential Oil Floral Sweet Limited Quantities

Rich and very sweet-rosy base (for Geranium sur Roses de Grasse variant).

Peru Balsam

Myroxylon pereirae
Balsam Balsamic Sweet Vanilla / Gourmand Readily Available

The typical 'balsamic' odor: rich, sweet, cinnamic-benzoic, soft and very tenacious, showing an increasing vanillin-like note on drying out. May have a pronounced smoky note due to…

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