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Chamomile

Explore the wild, Roman, and Moroccan types of chamomile used in fragrance. Compare their source plants, different scents, and uses in perfume.
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Pomegranate

Pomegranate is the fruit known in Japan as zakuro. Learn how it is used to give perfume fruity juiciness and a wine-like character.
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Guaiacwood

Ingredient GuideNative to South America, guaiacwood grows wild in tropical forests. It is a type of lignum vitae, Latin ...
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Pink Pepper

Despite its name, pink pepper is the fruit of a plant outside the pepper family. Explore its rosy fruitiness and bright, stimulating spicy scent.
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Elemi

Ingredient GuideElemi comes from a plant in the Burseraceae family native to the Philippines. The fragrance material is ...
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Cedarwood

Cedarwood is a woody fragrance material also known as cedar or cèdre. Explore its history since ancient times and its dry, composed woody character.
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Osmanthus

Osmanthus is a floral fragrance material from the plants known in Japanese as mokusei, including kinmokusei. Explore its sweet floral, apricot-like and leathery scent, and the characteristics of its extracts.
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Ginger Lily

Ginger lily is a white flower also known as butterfly lily. Discover its floral fragrance, reminiscent of tuberose and gardenia.
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Cypriol

Ingredient GuideCypriol, also called nagarmotha (and sometimes rendered as shipuriōru in Japanese), is a type of sedge t...
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Opoponax

Opoponax, also known as sweet myrrh, is a resinous fragrance material. Explore its name and botanical origins, its sweet, warm balsamic scent, and how it differs from myrrh.