76 materials found
Labdanum Concrète
Cistus ladaniferusSweet and pleasant, balsamic ambra-like odor with a tenacious undertone of rich, herbaceous character. This is an odor which is quite familiar to anyone who has visited the Mediter…
Larch Turpentine
Larix deciduaSoft, balsamic terpenic odor, reminiscent of fresh conifer resins and cones.
Laurel Berry Oil
Laurus nobilisWarm camphoraceous and spicy odor, reminiscent of myrtle, juniperberry, hyssop, Comoro-basil, cajuput and similar oils.
Laurel Leaf Oil
Laurus nobilisFresh, strong but sweet, aromatic-camphoraceous, somewhat spicy-medicinal odor. The dryout notes are sweet, pleasant and slightly spicy, unlike those of eucalyptus, cajuput and, to…
Lavandin Absolute from Concrète
Lavandula × intermediaPronounced herbaceous odor, resembling that of the flowering herb closely. In comparison to the Lavandin Oil, the absolute from concrète has a deeper sweetness and body as well as …
Lavender Absolute
Lavandula angustifoliaVery rich, sweet-herbaceous, somewhat floral odor; in dilution, it bears a close resemblance to the odor of the flowering lavender shrubs. Its woody-herby undertone and coumarin-li…
Lavender Concrète
Lavandula officinalisSweet-herbaceous, somewhat haylike, coumarin-like, but resembling the lavender flowers and stalks very closely. Apart from an inevitable note of the solvent.
Lavender Oil
Lavandula officinalisSweet, floral-herbaceous refreshing odor with a pleasant, balsamic-woody undertone. An almost fruity-sweet topnote is of a very short life, and the entire oil is not distinguished …
Lemon Oil
Citrus limomumVery light, fresh and sweet odor, truly reminiscent of the ripe peel. No turpentine-like, harsh-terpene notes should be detectable on a perfume blotter. Good oils retain their fres…
Lemon Petitgrain Oil
Citrus limonumVery strong, fresh odor with a distinct bitter undertone, at times woody, in poorer oils grassy. The dryout should be very rich and sweet, slightly floral-fruity. Particular bitter…
Licorice Extract
Glycyrrhiza glabraSweet, mild odor somewhat different from that of the botanical starting material (the aqueous extract is often evaporated over an open fire and some caramellization of the extract …
Lime Oil
Citrus aurantifoliaMagnolia
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…
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.
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…
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.
Oakmoss
Evernia prunastriOakmoss 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…
Orange Flower Concrete
Citrus aurantium subsp. amaraExtremely strong, floral, deep-sweet, with a peculiar woody-breadcrust-like undertone and great tenacity in floral notes. In high dilution, it is strikingly reminiscent of the odor…
Orange Flower Water Absolute
Citrus aurantium var. amaraPeculiar dry-floral, musty-herbaceous odor, reminiscent of mandarin leaf oil, petitgrain oil, and, faintly, of orange flower absolute. Discolors significantly on ageing.
Orris Concrète Oil
Iris pallidaWoody, fatty-oily but distinctly violet-like odor, with a fruity undertone, sweet-floral, warm and tenacious. Melts at about body temperature.
Orris Resinoid
Iris pallidaDeep-sweet, slightly woody-tobacco-like odor with winy topnote and sweet, root-like undertone.
Peppermint Oil
Mentha piperitaFresh, strong, somewhat grassy-minty odor with a deep balsamic-sweet undertone and a sweet, clean dryout note. The grassy topnote may disappear or fade after proper ageing of the o…
Petitgrain Bigarade Oil
Citrus aurantium subspecies amaraPleasant, fresh-floral, sweet odor, reminiscent of orange flowers with a slightly woody-herbaceous undertone and very faint, but sweet-floral dryout notes. The bitter topnote is po…
Pinus Pumilio Oil
Pinus pumilioVery pleasant pine-type odor: balsamic-sweet, faintly woody, also slightly spicy, reminiscent of cypress and juniperberry, with an increasingly oily-fatty, but interesting underton…
Rose de mai absolute
Rosa centifoliaRich and sweet, deep-rosy, very tenacious odor. The spicy tonalities are usually less pronounced, while the honeylike notes can be described as similar to those of the damascena ab…
Rose de mai concrète
Rosa centifoliaWarm, deep-floral, slightly woody-sweet, but the spicy or honeylike notes are less pronounced than those of damascena concrète.