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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…

Clausena Anisata Oil

Clausena anisata
Essential Oil anise Spicy Not Commercial

Very similar to that of star anise oil or true anise oil.

Lippia Carviodora Oil

Lippia carviodora
Essential Oil Herbaceous Minty Spicy Not Commercial

An odor which can hardly be described without the use of the term Caraway. Except for dill seed oil, no other essential oil is so strikingly similar to caraway as the oil from Lipp…

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.

Olibanum

Boswellia species
Oleo-gum-resin Balsamic Resinous Readily Available

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