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5 materials found

Civet

Viverra civetta
Animal (crude) Animalic Musky Sweet Readily Available

typically 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…

Lippia Daunensis Oil

Lippia daunensis
Essential Oil Green / Leafy Herbaceous Tobacco Not Commercial

Odor reminded of tagette (marigold) and wormwood, later also of tobacco. Has a dark-foliage type of Compositae-fragrance.

Myrrh

Commiphora species
Oleo-gum-resin Balsamic Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Warm-balsamic, sweet and somewhat spicy-aromatic; also somewhat sharp or pungent when fresh, but never terebinthinate.

Opopanax

Commiphora erythraea var. glabrascens
Oleo-gum-resin Animalic Balsamic Earthy / Rooty Irregular / Rare

Sweet-aromatic, reminiscent of spicy soups (a faint resemblance to celery or lovage), a sweet-woody undertone and a peculiar, animal-like, also sweet and root-like note. Although t…

Osyris Tenuifolia Oil

Osyris tenuifolia
Essential Oil Smoky / Tarry Sweet Woody Irregular / Rare

Very faint, but pleasant-woody, somewhat sweet odor, not unlike that of araucaria oil. Very crude and dark oils, or freshly distilled oils, may smell dry, tar-like, reminiscent of …

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