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Cajuput Oil

Melaleuca minor
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Fruity Limited Quantities

Powerful, fresh, eucalyptuslike, camphoraceous odor. Characteristic are the almost fruity-sweet body notes and the soft tones in the dryout.

Costus Absolute

Absolute Balsamic Sweet Woody Limited Quantities

Similar to the essential oil but appears at first much weaker and less harsh. Strikingly similar to that of the root itself. Soft, sweet-woody and fatty without any unpleasant hars…

Lemongrass Oil

Cymbopogon flexuosus / Cymbopogon citratus
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Green / Leafy Readily Available

Very strong, fresh-grassy lemon-type, herbaceous or tea-like odor. West Indian type has an earthy undertone reminiscent of Ceylon citronella oil, while East Indian type smells swee…

Patchouli Oil

Pogostemon cablin
Essential Oil Balsamic Earthy / Rooty Herbaceous Readily Available

Extremely rich, sweet-herbaceous, aromatic-spicy and woody-balsamic odor. An almost wine-like, ethereal-floral sweetness in the initial notes is characteristic of good oils. The od…

Sumatra Benzoin

Styrax benzoin
Balsam Balsamic Resinous Sweet Readily Available

Lower grades have odor characteristics in common with Styrax (more harsh odor than Almond benzoin). Coarser product suitable for harsh-balsamic, sharp-floral type perfumes.

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