Natural Ingredients

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.

What does bay, also known as bay laurel or laurier, smell like? A brief introduction to its green, herbal scent with a slight floral sweetness.

Oakmoss is a fragrance material obtained from lichens growing on oak trunks and branches. Explore its damp-earth and forest-like scent, its role in perfume, and its relationship to chypre fragrances.

Known as the “flower of flowers,” ylang ylang is a rich floral fragrance material. Explore its origins, the grades separated during distillation, and its sweet, sensual scent.

Ingredient GuideThe nutmeg tree, known in Japanese as nikuzuku, bears yellow fruit resembling plums or apricots. Inside ...

Basil is an herbal fragrance material made by distilling the flowering aerial parts. Explore its fresh, green, spicy, anise-like scent and its uses in perfumery.

Explore the names and stories associated with violets, the powdery sweetness of their flowers, the green scent of their leaves, and how materials such as ionone express these scents.

Named after a Greek word meaning “to render powerless” or “to numb,” narcissus has an intensely sweet, almost hypnotic scent.