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Curcuma Oil

Curcuma longa
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Citrus Powdery Limited Quantities

Usually spicy and fresh, reminiscent of sweet orange, ginger and galanga. Japanese curcuma oil is warm, dry-woody, powdery, camphoraceous and slightly peppery-spicy with a peculiar…

Dacrydium Elatum Oil

Dacrydium elatum
Essential Oil Balsamic Pine / Coniferous Woody Historical / Obsolete

Dry-balsamic, woody odor, reminiscent of crude Virginia cedarwood oil.

Litsea Cubeba Oil

Litsea cubeba
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Fruity Irregular / Rare

Intensely lemon-like, fresh and sweet odor, with a soft and sweet-fruity, uniform dryout. Few or no 'fatty-grassy' methyl heptenone notes detectable.

Star Anise Oil

Illicium verum
Essential Oil Animalic Sweet Limited Quantities

Intensely sweet. Due to the high content of Anethole (up to 90/95%), star anise oil is strongly reminiscent of 'true' anise oil.

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