Synthetic Ingredients Splendione
Learn about the synthetic fragrance material Splendione, the background to its development, its effects on jasmine-like scents, and examples of its use.
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Natural Ingredients Coriander
Coriander, also called phak chi or xiangcai, is a plant in the carrot family. Explore the herbal, woody spice aroma obtained from its fruits and whole plant.
Natural Ingredients Petitgrain
Petitgrain is an essential oil distilled from the leaves, young shoots and twigs of bitter orange. Explore its green, bittersweet, woody citrus scent and how it differs from neroli.
Natural Ingredients Clary Sage
Clary sage is an herb in the mint family, also known in Japanese as oni-salvia. Its sensual scent combines an animalic amber character and green astringency with freshness and gentle sweetness.
Natural Ingredients Peony
Peony refers to tree peony and herbaceous peony flowers. Its scent is produced synthetically rather than extracted as a flower essential oil, and is used for a fresh, soft, warm fragrance.
Natural Ingredients Patchouli
Ingredient GuideBasic InformationEveryone describes patchouli as woody, but there is more to it than that: it has a must...
Synthetic Ingredients Paradisone
Learn about the synthetic fragrance material Paradisone and how it differs from Hedione, including its effects on floral scents and examples of its use in perfumes.
Natural Ingredients Clove
Clove is a spicy fragrance material obtained from the flower buds and other parts of the clove tree. Explore its warm, pungent scent and its subtly medicinal character.
Natural Ingredients Bay Rum
Ingredient GuideBay rum is made by steeping the leaves of West Indian bay (Pimenta racemosa) in rum and then distilling ...
Natural Ingredients Black Pepper
Explore black pepper as a plant, the scent of its essential oil, and its use in perfume. Learn about the characteristics behind its spicy scent and examples of its use.