95 materials found

Agar Oil

Aquilaria agallocha
Essential Oil Balsamic Sweet Woody On Order Only

Rich and sweet-woody, almost balsamic odor not unlike that of vetiverol or purified styrene-free styrax, and with a sweetness similar to that of sandalwood oil.

Agleia Odorata Oil

Agleia odorata
Essential Oil Not Commercial

Ajowan Oil

Ptychotis ajowan
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Limited Quantities

Pungent, 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…

Ambra

Physeter catodon
Animal (crude) Marine / Seaweed Mossy Sweet Irregular / Rare

Rather subtle, reminiscent of seaweed, wood, moss, with a peculiar sweet, yet very dry undertone of unequaled tenacity. There is rarely any animal note at all in a good grade of Am…

American Wormseed Oil

Chenopodium ambrosioides
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Phenolic / Sharp Sweet Limited Quantities

Heavy, unpleasant, nauseating odor, a sharp, camphoraceous topnote and a woody-sweet undertone. The odor faintly recalls that of savin oil.

Anethum Sowa Oil

Anethum sowa
Essential Oil Herbaceous Spicy Woody Not Commercial

Sweet-herbaceous, somewhat woody-spicy odor. When freshly distilled, the oil displays a rather unpleasant topnote. The dryout is very faint, woody and not very pleasant. The overal…

Angelica Root Oil

Angelica archangelica
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Herbaceous Musky Limited Quantities

Light, somewhat peppery topnote (from young roots). Rich, somewhat herbaceous-earthy, woody body-note of unique tenacity and great diffusive power. Slightly musky-animal-like with …

Anise Oil

Pimpinella anisum
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Spicy Sweet Limited Quantities

Intensely sweet and clean odor, truly reminiscent of the crushed fruit. Very common description is that of 'licorice odor'.

Anona Squamosa Oil

Anona squamosa
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Pleasant, somewhat spicy-woody odor reminiscent of cedar, cubeb, cardamom, etc.

Arnica Oil

Arnica montana
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Herbaceous Spicy Irregular / Rare

The oil resembles that of chamomile with a certain woody-earthy undertone. Arnica Absolute or Arnica Resinoine are intensely herbaceous-sweet, tealike, somewhat spicy, powerful and…

Artemisia Vulgaris Oil

Artemisia vulgaris
Essential Oil Balsamic Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean On Order Only

Powerful, fresh-camphoraceous, somewhat green and bitter-sweet, with a cedarleaf-like topnote and a sage-rosemary-like bodynote. The dryout is very pleasant, sweet herbaceous and t…

Atractylis Oil

Atractylis ovata
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

Strong peppery, woody-spicy, warm and dry, somewhat reminiscent of elemi, ginger, and galanga.

Basil Oil

Ocimum basilicum
Essential Oil Balsamic Green / Leafy Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Sweet-spicy, slightly green, fresh, with a faint balsamic woody undertone and a lasting sweetness. The exotic type is somewhat coarse-herbaceous, slightly camphoraceous in the init…

Betel Oil

Piper betle
Essential Oil Phenolic / Sharp Smoky / Tarry Limited Quantities

Distinctly 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.

Bitter Fennel Oil

Foeniculum vulgare
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Earthy / Rooty Spicy Readily Available

Somewhat sharp and warm-camphoraceous odor, initially earthy, but later on sweet, anisic and spicy.

Black Pepper Oil

Piper nigrum
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Resinous Spicy Readily Available

Fresh, dry-woody, warm-spicy, reminiscent not only of the odor of dried black pepper, but also of elemi, cubeb and other essential oils of high terpene-sesquiterpene content.

Cadamba Oil

Anthocephalus cadamba
Essential Oil Floral Minty Sweet Limited Quantities

Woody-floral and sweet odor with a short-lived, but strong minty-borneolic topnote. The dryout is delightfully sweet-floral, reminiscent of champaca and neroli. The tenacity of thi…

Calamus Oil

Acorus calamus
Essential Oil Balsamic Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Warm, woody-spicy and pleasant odor with increasingly sweet afternotes and great tenacity. Good oils bear some resemblance to dried milk or sweet leather, slightly creamy-nutty. Po…

Capsicum

Capsicum annuum
Oleoresin Herbaceous Spicy Tobacco Readily Available

Capsicum Absolute has an interesting tobacco-like, sweet-herbaceous odor.

Caraway Oil

Carum carvi
Essential Oil Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Spicy Readily Available

Strong 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…

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…

Cassia Oil

Cinnamomum cassia
Essential Oil Balsamic Spicy Sweet Irregular / Rare

Strong, spicy, warm and woody-resinous odor with an intensely sweet, somewhat balsamic undertone.

Cassie Absolute

Acacia farnesiana
Absolute Balsamic Floral Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Extremely warm, powdery-spicy, at the same time herbaceous and floral with a deep and very tenacious cinnamic-balsamic undertone.

Celery Seed Oil

Apium graveolens
Essential Oil Spicy Sweet warm Readily Available

Spicy-warm, sweet and rich, 'soup-like', longlasting and powerful, slightly fatty, typical of the odor of the seed (fruit) but less fresh than the odor of the celery plant. One of …

Cestrum Nocturnum Oil

Cestrum nocturnum
Essential Oil Floral Spicy Sweet Irregular / Rare

Extremely heavy isoeugenol-like, faintly carnation-like, woody-warm, yet strongly floral odor.

Ceylon Cinnamon Bark Oil

Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Essential Oil Spicy Sweet Woody Limited Quantities

Extremely powerful, diffusive, warm-spicy, sweet and tenacious odor. The undertone and dryout notes reveal a persistent dryness which is very unique in combination with the distinc…

Champaca Absolute

Michelia champaca
Absolute Floral Sweet Woody Irregular / Rare

Quite unique: delicately dry-floral, at the same time reminding one of orange flowers, ylang-ylang, carnation and tearose. There are notes which resemble those of sage clary, methy…

Chenopodium Oil

Chenopodium ambrosioides
Essential Oil Not Commercial

Cinnamon Leaf Oil

Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Essential Oil Oriental / Heavy Spicy Woody Readily Available

Warm-spicy, but rather harsh odor, lacking the rich body of the bark oil. Has some resemblance to the odor of clove leaf oil and clove stem oil.

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…