Natural Ingredients Basil
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.
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Natural Ingredients Neroli / Orange Flower
Neroli is essential oil obtained from bitter orange blossoms, while petitgrain comes from the leaves and twigs. Explore their raw materials, extraction history, and fresh floral scents.
Natural Ingredients Violet
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.
Natural Ingredients Narcissus
Named after a Greek word meaning “to render powerless” or “to numb,” narcissus has an intensely sweet, almost hypnotic scent.
Natural Ingredients Balsam
Ingredient Guide Balsam is a substance that differs somewhat from resin. Resin forms from a gum-like liquid that seeps f...
Natural Ingredients Vetiver
Ingredient GuideBasic InformationVetiver belongs to the grass family and has the scientific name Vetiveria zizanoides. I...
Natural Ingredients Myrrh
Myrrh is a resin obtained from trees growing in the Middle East and Africa. Explore its relationship to frankincense and its bitter, balsamic scent.
Natural Ingredients Apricot
Apricot, known in Japanese as anzu, is represented mainly by synthetic fragrance materials. It has a juicy, fruity sweetness and a slightly animalic scent.
Natural Ingredients Musk
Ingredient GuideMusk is the most carnal of all fragrance materials. It has the sensuality of a fine layer of skin and ca...
Natural Ingredients Vanilla
Vanilla is an orchid whose flowers are pollinated by hand and whose pods undergo lengthy drying after harvest to develop their scent. Explore how its sweet, warm aroma develops and how it differs by origin and type.