33 materials found
Anise Oil
Pimpinella anisumIntensely sweet and clean odor, truly reminiscent of the crushed fruit. Very common description is that of 'licorice odor'.
Arnica Oil
Arnica montanaThe oil resembles that of chamomile with a certain woody-earthy undertone. Arnica Absolute or Arnica Resinoine are intensely herbaceous-sweet, tealike, somewhat spicy, powerful and…
Bitter Fennel Oil
Foeniculum vulgareSomewhat sharp and warm-camphoraceous odor, initially earthy, but later on sweet, anisic and spicy.
Bitter Orange Oil
Citrus aurantiumVery peculiar, fresh and yet 'bitter' in the sense of 'dry', but with a rich and lasting, sweet undertone. There are notes which remind of bergamot, grapefruit and sweet orange, bu…
Calamus Oil
Acorus calamusWarm, woody-spicy and pleasant odor with increasingly sweet afternotes and great tenacity. Good oils bear some resemblance to dried milk or sweet leather, slightly creamy-nutty. Po…
Caraway Oil
Carum carviStrong and peculiar odor typical of the fruit, but with a fatty-harsh undertone in crude oil. Rectified oil has stronger, less fatty odor. Characteristic initial note of nauseating…
Castoreum
Castor canadensisWarm, animal, leather-like sweet odor. A frequent 'smoky' note in castoreum is not natural but due to drying the glands over smoking fires. The 'birch-tar' note may also be due to …
Cherry Laurel Oil
Prunus laurocerasusStrong and sweet bitter almond odor.
Clary Sage Oil
Salvia sclareaSweet-herbaceous, tenacious in odor, soft and somewhat reminiscent of ambra in its bitter-sweet undertone. Apart from the initial linalylacetate—linalool notes, there is a very cha…
Cumin Oil
Cuminum cyminumExtremely powerful, diffusive, green-spicy, slightly fatty, but at the same time not sharp or pungent, almost soft and mellow. This softness is one of the main features of a true o…
Eucalyptus Citriodora Oil
Eucalyptus citriodoraStrong and very fresh, rosy-citronella-like odor and a sweet, balsamic-floral dryout note.
Geranium Oil
Pelargonium graveolensGerman Chamomile Oil
Matricaria chamomillaIntensely sweet, herbaceous-coumarin-like odor with a fresh-fruity undertone. In pure and undiluted state, the sweetness and odor-intensity is almost sickening, nauseating. The dry…
Hiba Oil
Thujopsis dolobrataDry, woody odor with a peculiar sharp or pungent undertone. Various types available with slightly varying odor depending on presence of ketonic fungistat-bacteriostat.
Hyssop Oil
Hyssopus officinalisPowerful, somewhat sharp, but sweet-camphoraceous odor, and with a warm-aromatic, spicy undertone.
Linseed Oil Absolute
Linum usitatissimumMild, fatty-oily odor, reminiscent of the odor of freshly expressed linseed oil (after proper ageing). The odor is also reminiscent of the slightly fishy-animal-like odor of fresh …
Melilotus Extract
Melilotus officinalisVery sweet, herbaceous-root-like and rich odor. Often described as 'tobacco-like', though this is a coumarin-type odor that is artificially introduced in cured tobacco for flavorin…
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…
Picea Excelsa Oil
Picea excelsaVery light, fresh, balsamic-pine needle type odor. The dryout is somewhat less sweet, woody, slightly cedarlike.
Rectified Birch Tar Oil
Betula speciesDistinctly phenolic, very penetrating and diffusive, obviously reminiscent of tar, charred wood and smoke. The most characteristic feature is the sweet-oily undertone which appears…
Rose Absolute Damascena
Rosa damascenaExtremely rich, warm, spicy-floral and very deep rose odor with a more or less pronounced honeylike undertone. Its diffusive power is only realized when diluted or used at concentr…
Rose Damascena Concrète
Rosa damascenaExtremely rich, deep and sweetly floral, truly reminiscent of the red or pink rose. A peculiar sweet spiciness on a sweet-woody undertone and an immensely deep-floral and faintly h…
Rosemary Oil
Rosmarinus officinalisStrong, 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…
Rose Otto
Rosa damascenaWarm, deep-floral, slightly spicy and immensely rich, truly reminiscent of red roses, often with nuances in the spicy and honeylike notes.
Saffron Oil
Crocus sativusMost 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 montanaFresh 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.
Spearmint Oil
Mentha spicatavery warm, slightly green-herbaceous odor, penetrating and powerful, truly reminiscent of the odor of the crushed herb
Sumbul Root Oil
Ferula sumbulWarm-woody, orris-like and very faintly musky ("animal") type of odor, remotely reminiscent of valerian, de-sulphurized asafoetida, costus and elecampane. There is a certain balsam…
Thyme Oil
Thymus vulgarisRich 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…
Turpentine Oil
Pinus speciesPeculiar warm-balsamic, refreshing odor, reminiscent of paint, stain removers, insecticides, solvents, etc.