29 materials found

American Pennyroyal Oil

Hedeoma pulegioides
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Minty Limited Quantities

Fresh-herbaceous, strong and bitterminty odor, a rather thin body and a faintly woody dryout which varies according to the age of the oil.

American Wormseed Oil

Chenopodium ambrosioides
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Phenolic / Sharp Sweet Limited Quantities

Heavy, unpleasant, nauseating odor, a sharp, camphoraceous topnote and a woody-sweet undertone. The odor faintly recalls that of savin oil.

Balsam Fir Needle Oil

Abies balsamea
Essential Oil Balsamic Fresh / Clean Pine / Coniferous Irregular / Rare

Peculiar oily-balsamic, somewhat resinous, but also fresh and sweet odor, resembling the odor of spruce oil or pinus pumilio oil. Equal in sweetness to pinus pumilio oil, but poore…

Balsam Poplar

Populus balsamifera
Oleoresin Balsamic Coumarinic / Hay Resinous Not Commercial

Very sweet balsamic coumarinic-cinnamic odor, with a peculiar undertone reminiscent of labdanum extracts. There is a distinct note in alcoholic extracts, reminding one of hop absol…

Basil Oil

Ocimum basilicum
Essential Oil Balsamic Green / Leafy Herbaceous Irregular / Rare

Sweet-spicy, slightly green, fresh, with a faint balsamic woody undertone and a lasting sweetness. The exotic type is somewhat coarse-herbaceous, slightly camphoraceous in the init…

Birch

Betula species
Other Readily Available

Birch Bark Oil

Betula lenta
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Minty Historical / Obsolete

Smells so strikingly similar to methyl salicylate that it is hard to justify the existence of the essential oil.

Calamintha Oil

Calamintha clinopodium
Essential Oil Citrus Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Almost pungent, intensely herbaceous, somewhat woody, but also displays a rich, sweet-spicy undertone. European oils seem to reveal a great variety of components with often a typic…

Canada Balsam

Abies balsamea
Oleoresin Balsamic Fresh / Clean Fruity Limited Quantities

Fresh, sweet-balsamic with an almost fruity-floral topnote reminiscent of the odor of iso-propyl benzoate, but fresher, at times lemon-like rather than turpentine-like. The dryout …

Deertongue

Liatris odoratissima
Concrète Coumarinic / Hay Herbaceous Sweet Limited Quantities

Heavy-sweet, coumarin-like, rich herbaceous odor. Immediate odor-similarity to shag tobacco. Various species present modifications from green-sharp herbaceous to intensely vanilla-…

Dill Seed Oil

Anethum graveolens
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Minty Limited Quantities

Light and fresh, warm-spicy and reminiscent of caraway and spearmint, although less sharp.

Douglas Fir Needles Oil

Pseudotsuga taxifolia
Essential Oil Balsamic Pine / Coniferous Sweet Irregular / Rare

Very rich, woody-balsamic, sweet pine-needle type odor. Main characteristic is softness and sweetness, very rich bodynote and great odor tenacity which is exceptional for a pine ne…

Erigeron Oil

Erigeron canadensis
Essential Oil Fresh / Clean Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Sweet, but very fresh-spicy, herbaceous, basil-like odor. The dryout note is peculiar, winey-herbaceous and sweet, resembling the odor of powdered licorice root. Also resembles mor…

Estragon Oil

Artemisia dracunculus
Essential Oil Green / Leafy Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Sweet-anisic, green-spicy, slightly celery-like odor, very similar to that of the fresh herb.

Fir Needle Absolute

Abies alba, Abies balsamea, Tsuga canadensis
Absolute Balsamic Coumarinic / Hay Fruity Limited Quantities

American: dark green, semi-liquid or syrupy mass of sweet-coumarinic, somewhat fruity and intensely balsamic odor; very true to nature, resembling refreshing scent of young spruces…

Grapefruit Oil

Citrus paradisi
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Sweet Readily Available

Fresh-citrusy, rather sweet odor. The odor resembles that of sweet orange oil to a certain degree, but also has notes in common with bitter orange oil. No longer has the bitterness…

Hop Absolute

Humulus lupulus
Absolute Green / Leafy Herbaceous Spicy Limited Quantities

Intensely deep-herbaceous, rich and green-spicy odor with a peculiar and characteristic "bitter"-leafy undertone, distinct and tenacious. A valerian-like topnote develops in older …

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 …

Maple Syrup

Acer saccharum, Acer nigrum
Extract Sweet Vanilla / Gourmand Limited Quantities

North American Sassafras Oil

Sassafras albidum
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Spicy Limited Quantities

Sweet-spicy, fresh and slightly camphoraceous odor with a long-lasting, woody-floral and very sweet undertone. A short, fresh-peppery topnote is characteristic of the odor of this …

Oregon Balsam

Pseudotsuga taxifolia
Oleoresin Balsamic Fresh / Clean Pine / Coniferous Limited Quantities

Pleasant, fresh, pine-type odor. The 'peppery' fresh note of Canada balsam seems to be missing in the Oregon balsam.

Pine Oil

Pinus palustris
Essential Oil Balsamic Pine / Coniferous Resinous Readily Available

Sweet, pine-woody, somewhat balsamic-anisic odor with an increasing sweetness in its dryout, followed by a somewhat resinous-bitter undertone according to the type and grade of oil…

Spruce Oil

Tsuga canadensis
Essential Oil Balsamic Fresh / Clean Fruity Limited Quantities

Very pleasant, balsamic-fresh odor with a peculiar sweet-oily and slightly fruity undertone. Odor characteristics can vary significantly according to origin and botanical species u…

Styrax

Liquidambar orientalis
Balsam Balsamic Resinous Sweet Limited Quantities

Asian styrax has balsamic sweetness. American (Honduras) styrax is more 'gasolinelike' (styrene-odor), covering the balsamic sweetness of the main ingredients.

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

Tangerine Oil

Citrus reticulata
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Sweet Readily Available

Fresh, sweet odor, reminiscent of bitter orange and of Valencia orange oil, rather than of mandarin oil. It completely lacks the characteristic dryness and "perfumery" notes of man…

Turpentine Oil

Pinus species
Essential Oil Balsamic Fresh / Clean Pine / Coniferous Readily Available

Peculiar warm-balsamic, refreshing odor, reminiscent of paint, stain removers, insecticides, solvents, etc.

Virginia Cedarwood Oil

Juniperus virginiana
Essential Oil Balsamic Sweet Woody Readily Available

At first oily-woody and almost sweet, mild and pleasant, somewhat balsamic and typical of cedarwood (lumber). The odor becomes drier and more woody, less balsamic as the oil dries …

Wintergreen Oil

Gaultheria procumbens
Essential Oil aromatic Fruity Sweet Historical / Obsolete

Intensely sweet-aromatic odor, often displaying a peculiar creamy-fruity topnote and a sweet-woody dryout which may have a tarlike note in poorly distilled oils.