61 materials found

Lavandin Concrète

Lavandula × intermedia
Concrète Camphoraceous / Medicinal Floral Herbaceous Readily Available

Intensely herbaceous, rich but not very sweet odor (benzene extract). Petroleum ether extract closely approaches that of the dry herb of lavandin, almost chokingly camphoraceous-wo…

Lavandin Oil

Lavandula hybrida
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Readily Available

Strongly herbaceous with a very fresh camphene-cineole-like topnote which should not be distinctly camphoraceous. The rich, woody-herbaceous notes of the body components will usual…

Lavender Oil

Lavandula officinalis
Essential Oil Floral Herbaceous Sweet Readily Available

Sweet, 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 limomum
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Fruity Readily Available

Very 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…

Licorice Extract

Glycyrrhiza glabra
Extract Earthy / Rooty Spicy Sweet Readily Available

Sweet, 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 …

Mandarin Peel Oil

Citrus reticulata
Essential Oil Citrus Floral Sweet Readily Available

Intensely 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 reticulata
Essential Oil Floral Fruity Sweet Limited Quantities

Intensely 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 officinalis
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Very pleasant citral-citronellal type of fresh and sweet-herbaceous odor.

Myrtle Oil

Myrtus communis
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Readily Available

Strongly 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…

Néflier Concrète

Eriobotrya japonica
Concrète Balsamic Floral Sweet Not Commercial

Extremely rich, delicately floral odor, reminiscent of lilac or hyacinth, however, more suave-balsamic than the odor of these flowers.

Neroli Oil

Citrus aurantium
Essential Oil Citrus Floral Sweet Irregular / Rare

Very 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 prunastri
Absolute Earthy / Rooty Mossy Woody Readily Available

Origanum Oil

Thymus capitatus
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Readily Available

Strong, tar-like, herbaceous, but very refreshing odor. The topnote is slightly green-camphoraceous, herbaceous, and the body is rich, dry-woody, somewhat reminiscent of cade and p…

Peppermint Oil

Mentha piperita
Essential Oil Balsamic Fresh / Clean Minty Readily Available

Fresh, 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 amara
Essential Oil Citrus Floral Fresh / Clean Limited Quantities

Pleasant, 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…

Rosemary Oil

Rosmarinus officinalis
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Minty Readily Available

Strong, fresh, woody-herbaceous, somewhat minty-forestlike odor. The "high" fresh notes vanish quickly, yielding to a clean, woody-balsamic bodynote which tones out in a dry-herbac…

Rue Oil

Ruta graveolens
Essential Oil Citrus Fruity Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Sharp-herbaceous, distinctly fruity-orange-like, with a characteristic bitter-acrid undertone that makes the overall impression an unpleasant one.

Saffron Oil

Crocus sativus
Essential Oil Aldehydic / Soapy Floral Herbaceous Not Commercial

Most peculiar, intensely sweet, spicy, floral-aldehydic odor with a slightly fatty-herbaceous undertone. Fresh, strong odor, recalling that of the botanical material.

Savory Oil

Satureja hortensis, Satureja montana
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Limited Quantities

Fresh medicinal-spicy odor, reminiscent of sage and thyme, but with a sharpness recalling that of cumin oil, although not distinctly green. The dryout is rather phenolic-harsh.

Schinus Molle Oil

Schinus molle
Essential Oil Spicy Woody Limited Quantities

fresh, woody-peppery, warm-spicy with a somewhat sharp or dry, smoky-woody undertone. The odor becomes less pleasant upon ageing of the oil

Spanish Sage Oil

Salvia lavandulaefolia
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Readily Available

Fresh-herbaceous, eucalyptol-camphor like odor, a rather sharp pine-like topnote and little or no sweetness on drying out.

Spanish Verbena Oil

Thymus hiemalis
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Powerful and fresh lemonlike, herbaceous odor with a rich and sweet, somewhat sage-like undertone. Has the freshness of lemongrass oil, and the herbaceous-sweet undertone of sage c…

Spanish Wild Marjoram Oil

Thymus masticina
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Spicy Readily Available

Strong, fresh, slightly sweet-spicy, aromatic, but predominantly eucalyptus-like, camphoraceous odor.

Spearmint Oil

Mentha spicata
Essential Oil Green / Leafy Herbaceous Spicy Readily Available

very warm, slightly green-herbaceous odor, penetrating and powerful, truly reminiscent of the odor of the crushed herb

Spike Lavender Oil

Lavandula latifolia
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Readily Available

Transitory camphoraceous (eucalyptus-like), fresh and herbaceous odor, reminiscent of lavandin and rosemary oils and with a somewhat dry-woody undertone.

Sweet Orange Oil

Citrus aurantium var. dulcis
Essential Oil Aldehydic / Soapy Citrus Fresh / Clean Readily Available

sweet, light and fresh, fruity-aldehydic odor and flavor, distinctly reminiscent of the odor from a scratched sweet orange peel

Thyme and Origanum Oils Summary

Essential Oil Readily Available

Thyme Oil

Thymus vulgaris
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Spicy Readily Available

Rich and powerful, sweet, and warm-herbaceous in odor, somewhat spicy and distinctly aromatic. There should be no bitter-phenolic, cade-like or tar-like notes detectable, but there…

Treemoss Concrète

Evernia furfuracea, Usnea barbata
Concrète Earthy / Rooty Mossy Smoky / Tarry Readily Available

More woody and tar-like than oakmoss extract, usually lacking the delicate topnote and fresh seashore- or seaweed-like note which is characteristic of true oakmoss.

True Cistus Oil

Cistus ladaniferus
Essential Oil Fruity Herbaceous Limited Quantities

Very peculiar, warm-herbaceous odor. Bears some similarity to Roman chamomile, to decaying fruits, to certain methacrylates. Immense power in its topnote but tenacity much inferior…