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Acaroid Resin

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

Faintly balsamic-cinnamic and sweet. Odor type quite similar to that of peru, styrax, and tolu balsams, however, much weaker in odor strength.

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…

Beeswax Absolute

Apis mellifera
Absolute Coumarinic / Hay Sweet waxy Limited Quantities

Very mild, sweet, oily odor, with a haylike or coumarinic bodynote and a soft, waxy undertone. The odor is remotely reminiscent of good (not harsh) linseed oil with a trace of hone…

Huon Pine Wood Oil

Dacrydium franklinii
Essential Oil Herbaceous Spicy Woody Historical / Obsolete

Faintly sweet, woody-spicy and somewhat bitter odor, reminiscent of cedarwood, Texas. Sharp, cedar-like note with a rich, tea-like, herbaceous-woody undertone.

Kauri-Copal Oil

Agathis australis
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Pine / Coniferous Not Commercial

Fresh, lemon-terpene-like odor.

Turpentine

Pinus palustris
Oleoresin Pine / Coniferous Resinous Readily Available

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