In total, we exclude over 170 ingredients from our fragrancesmore exclusive than the list of ingredients banned by the International Fragrance Association. Lancme Magie Noire ), Many of us have picked a honeysuckle blossom and sucked the honey from the base but alas, honeysuckle gives up its dewy sweet nectar a lot more readily than its smell, and the yield of essential oil from these plants is really low. All that, and a wonderful aromatic smell, too, Goutal Mandragore Its a key ingredient in Bay Rum aftershave/scent, and often used in mens perfumery but also to spice up a chypre fragrance, or in a mysterious ambre, Jasmine and rose are the two foundation stones of perfumery. Violet flowers smell soft, powdery and romantic, a little like iris, and are can be played up to create a very feminine fragrance. A little dry, but with hints of pine in there, too. It does more things to your mind and body than just set off your scent sensors. Mostly, though, when you see elder listed as an ingredient, thatll be a synthetic version. ", Natural musk comes from the glands of the musk deer and is one of the most expensive perfume ingredients. Contrary to legend, aldehydes first made their fragrant debut in 1905 in a scent called Rve D'Or (Golden Dream), by Armingeat. Then the leaves are stripped and placed into woven baskets, where a process of fermentation takes place that releases the incomparable fragrance. Cartier LHeure Defendue VII LArtisan Parfumeur Seville a lAube Lancme Hypnse Black peppers variously referred to as the King of Spices, or even black gold, and its been traded since the Roman empire, when the spice routes to China and India opened up. 'The happiness of that afternoon was already fixed in her mind, and always would the scent of freesia return it to her mental sight, for among the roses and violets and lilies and wall-lowers, the smell of freesia penetrated, as a melody stands out from its accompaniment, and gave her the most pleasure.' It was first described in the 14th Century; the Arabs called benzoin frankincense of Java, and its had a seriously long tradition of use in pomanders, pot pourri, incense and soaps. Chanel Coco ), Run your fingers over the leaves of a redcurrant bush, and youll get a catty quality thats distinctive, intriguing but not to everyones taste. Boucheron Japur Bracelet 'It has an almost cinnamon quality, yet is very feminine.'. Juliette Has A Gun Midnight Oud Este Lauder Sensuous Noir it actually stops minor wounds bleeding.) Enter a young, widowed innkeeper, who sat for the painter and also, its said, became his lover. Jovoy ParisL'Enfant Terrible. Perfumer and author Mandy Aftel calls it as close to heaven as we are likely to get, telling us its reminiscent of raspberry, apricot, violet and yellow freesia. Fresh Love Floris China Rose His father prayed for Orchis to be restored, but instead the gods transformed him into the flower we know today as the orchid. Those same roots we love to spice up our food with rhizomes, to use the perfume worlds word for them can be steam-distilled to produce this useful scented oil. Kylie Minogue Music Box Ormonde JayneFrangipani. Cacharel Anais Anais Atelier Cologne Oolong Infini The soft, sweet, pretty-pretty powderiness of blossoms from the flowering Prunus so prized in Japan are expected to start turning up in many more fragrances, as perfume starts to look East in earnest. Salts a flavour. Perhaps unsurprisingly, frangipani pairs well with ingredients from tropical fruits, and coconut. To the Greeks, it spelled good fortune.) (Do please completely ignore the word rose in its name.). Perhaps because vanilla is the second priciest spice in the world, after saffron, the vanilla you smell in many perfumes today is synthetic vanillin: clever chemists have worked to mimic the real thing although the most gifted noses will probably tell you that real vanilla is earthier, with touches of treacle and a touch of booziness. Of all the designer perfume brands mentioned on this list, I'm . Indeed, there are so many varieties and cross-overs (see below for a selection from Wikipedia's extensive page), that to date, no one author has successfully categorised them all. But chocolates not a piece of cake for perfumers to work with: in the wrong hands it tips right over into ickiness, but in the right hands it further ups the sensuality of florals and of patchouli. DiorEau Sauvage Chanel Coco Noir Givenchy LInterdit The fruit of Ribes rubrum itself, though, is fruity, green and tart, often incorporated into a cocktail of fruity notes which are then woven mostly into fruity-florals: that category of perfumes whose star has been in the ascendant, in recent years often fresh, youthful and vibrant. Nasomatto Hindu Grass ', Smell benzoin in: (Now that wed have loved to smell), As perfumer Alienor Massenet explains, 'tonka is warm and smooth - but unlike vanilla, it can remind you of hay. baies rose is also edible, though, with a citrussy flavour.). So juicy, you can almost imagine this running down your chin: sweet, slightly tart, and of late cherrys become Miss Popularity in the perfume stakes, with the rise in pretty, girly fruity-florals. Nowadays, a synthetic form of lilacs often used in contemporary perfumery, as its possible to recreate the tender natural fragrance perfectly, more reliably and year round. Diptyque LEau (See also Artemisia). Este Lauder Private Collection Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan, Mimosa. 1) By Rosie Jane Price: $28-70. (What you see in a photo is the pod: pop it open and the tiny seeds spill out.) Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Jeans. Ormonde Jayme Taif. Tom Ford Violet Blonde. Its historys a bit blurry were lemons first grown in Southern India, or Burma, or China? 9 Eau de New York Calendula blossoms, with their musky pungency, are used to produce essential oil through steam distillation; tagetes oil comes from the seeds of that plant though in terms of what they deliver to a perfume composition, theyre pretty interchangeable. Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely LArtisan ParfumeurPremier Figuier Its resinous. (Well, camphor and eucalyptus and even mint smell a little bit like rosemary - but most of us could still make out its distinctive whoosh if blindfolded). Used shorthand for any perfume ingredient derived from natural, non-synthetic sources. Miller Harris Le Pamplemousse An oil from the Indian sandal tree, sandalwood is one of the oldest known perfumery ingredients, that is commonly used as a base note. Goutal ParisMyrrhe Ardente The Body Shop Patchouli What is it? Guerlain Aprs lOnde Cartier Must de Cartier (In aromatherapy, it dispels tension.) Used in perfumes since ancient times, vetivers more popular than ever and features very, very widely in the base of fragrances because it works brilliantly as a fixative and so far, nobody seems to have come up with a satisfactory synthetic alternative. Cartier Baiser Vol A mighty tree, a mighty base note: this giant redwood member of the cypress family, which grows for thousands of years, is becoming popular in mens fragrances and a handful of womens, for its dry earthiness. Discover the emblematic ingredients used in the House of Dior fragrances. Comme des Garons 2 ', Comme des Garons Black Pepper Go to the menu . Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia Essenza And in just one instance Escentric Molecules Molecule 01, created by daring contemporary perfumer Geza Schoen its been made the star of the show. This masculine splash started as an artisan creation on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, but many other West Indian islands (as well as American and European fragrance companies) now make a version. Caron Farnesiana Vera Wang Vera, In common with many contemporary fragrance ingredients, jatamansi or spikenard, to give it a more familiar name was originally used in incense, as an element of sacred Roman, Indian, Hebrew and Egyptian ceremonies. Calvin Klein Eternity The oil steam-distilled from German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) is more sweetly smoky, with hints of apples, working well as a base note. According to the Australian Orchid Society, "Old Totonac lore has it that Xanat, the young daughter of the Mexican fertility goddess, loved a Totonac youth. Probably just as well: the datura flower has been linked to many deaths, and has many powerful and/or downright dangerous side-effects. As 'nose' Christine Nagel explains, cedar wood can be used to different effect. The ingredients used to create this are a mixture of both natural and synthetic, commonly used are vanilla, patchouli, labdanum, styrax, benzoin and a few more. Patricia de Nicola Vanilla Tonka Dior Dune It was the legendary fragrance Angel which really put caramel as an ingredient on the map: that sweet, seductive, eat-me quality which gourmand fragrances embody. (Such complexity, in a single ingredient: no wonder many perfumers love it.) Apples have been a part of fragrance creation right back to the medieval era of Arab perfumery. Intensely green green as spring itself the smell of hyacinth develops as the flower blooms. Yves Saint Laurent Opium. Yardley English Lavender, Labdanum from the Cistus plant (better known to some gardeners as Rock Rose) is a pillar of chypre perfumes and many Ambres. In a fragrance? Jo Malone. It may not come as a surprise, though, to discover that this is a synthetic, or fantasy, ingredient rather than something lovely distilled from desserts, puddings or candies. A third variety, Narcissus jonquil, can also be used, and in one form or another this beautiful ingredient is said to make its way into as much as 10% of modern fragrances - despite the fact that a staggering 500 kilos of flowers are needed to produce a kilo of concrete, or just 300 g of absolue, making it very pricy. Something else to slip into your handbag, then: different dried fruits are now recreated in perfumery fantasy ingredients (i.e. In rituals, sandalwood oil may be applied to the forehead, the temples, or rubbed between the eyebrows. Credit: Credo Beauty. "Bergamot is a fragrant fruit that grows on a small Italian evergreen tree called Citrus Bergamia," says Binder. The fragrance note itself is synthetically created, adding a touch of syrupy bitter-sweetness most often, as weve said, to gourmand perfumes. Little darling. Chanel Cristalle Liz Earle Botanical Essence No. But its often also synthesised, adding a spicy warmth to Ambres (and quite a few mens scents). In China and Japan, its a national emblem and known as the king of the flowers. Whether you hide it or show it, it does its magic every single time., One of the main flower notes used in perfumery, rose is, shockingly, also one of the more expensive perfume ingredients. Heliotropes teamed with violets and iris for a talcum-powdery, lipstick-esque sweetness but as you may now have guessed, its actually very versatile, becoming almost mouthwatering when used alongside bitter almond, each ingredient turbo-charging the others marzipan-ish qualities. Yardley English Lavender. Lancme O de Lancme But did you know that licorce is used in love spells? Gucci Guilty If any single ingredient can create those effects, its musk. But it also works brilliantly as a fixative: around 13% of all perfumes apparently contain at least a trace of frankincense. Its mostly the foliage (from trees grown in the Atlas mountains of Morocco, or Virginia in the USA) that is steam-distilled to produce the intense oil, which is also used in aromatherapy for calming and balancing. The seeds and fruit are edible and used in many cuisines and soft drinks, the bark produces a gum that is used as a stabiliser (gum Arabic) and in the production for printing and ink; and the timber is used in furniture making. Azzaro Baccarat Rouge 540 Bath & Body Works Black Opium Burberry Bvlgari. Collection of agarwood from natural forests is now illegal under CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endanged Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), but some is now beginning to be plantation grown in Vietnam. Through the rise in popularity of fruity-floral fragrances, apples been having a moment in the sun. Donna Karan DKNY With its hints of plum and peach, and a touch of lush green, mangos often to be found alongside floral notes in the fruity-floral compositions which have become so popular in recent years. LancmeTrsor (Not only was black pepper ground onto food, though: it found its way into spells and was used as an amulet to protect against disease and other threats. There may be a touch of black locust in there. 5 Marc Jacobs Blush, Vanilla doesnt just smell sweet, nuzzleable and delectably comforting: its kind of magic, in flavour and perfume terms. Perfume Cologne Aftershave Fragrance ingredients are also commonly used in other products, such as shampoos, shower gels, shaving creams, and body lotions. Lilies have been used in perfumery since ancient times: they were very well-loved in Egypt, as part of a perfumed ointment based on the flowers of 2000 lilies, while the ancient Greeks used Madonna lilies to make a perfume called Susinon. The Body Shop Midnight Bakula If you would like to find the specific fragrance ingredients for a P&G product in the U.S. or Canada, please visit the brand website (search for brands here) or go to SmartLabel.. We are providing a list of fragrance ingredients we do not use below. Its also grown in southern France and in Cte d'Ivoire for the essential oil (and in in southern Turkey for its marmalade), Jo Malone London Oud and Bergamot (Leading to the original name for perfume: per fumum, or through smoke) Myrrh was a key ingredient in the ancient incense kyphi, used to fumigate ancient Egyptian temples. As youd imagine, brown sugar adds sweetness to our perfumes in just the same way as it does to cereals, cakes, candies. Perfume ingredient chemicals are complex combinations of synthetic and/or natural substances which are added to products to give them a distinctive scent. See our brands. And as with wine, petitgrains affected by the terroir, or the soil and conditions its grown in, with each crop having a subtly different scent. Byredo Green Prada Infusion dIris Thebrightness and sparkling fuzziness of citrus, the damp woody, earthybrown vetiver and the sharpness of pepper fit like Coke, fries andburger. Adding an ethereal veil of softly charming fresh-airiness to a fragrance, we invite you to explore this so-pretty ingredient in your next perfume Amouage Blossom Love The brand establishes a relationship of confidence with producers . Britney Spears Fantasy Raspberries quite often appear, nowadays, as part of a red berry accord in fruity-, or fruity-floral scents. Clive Christian C for Women Even the ingredients ancient civilizations used are still seen in trendy perfumery today: frankincense, jasmine, myrrh, lilies and honey. Balmain Eau dIvoire Most famous as a recreational drug, the fibres of the plant can be woven into tough cloth hemp and every part of the flower is edible: hemp seed oil is highly nutritious, and great for skin, too (internally and externally). It would be nice to think that spritzing on a scent featuring this delicious, little-known ingredient worked the same way. Frenchwomen in the 19th Century swathed themselves in these patchouli-scented shawls against the cold a fashion started by the Empress Eugenie - and patchouli became desirable, as a fragrance ingredient. Mono di Orio Les Nombres dOr Vanille The name? Taylor Swift Wonderstruck Instantly cooling and utterly refreshing, mint has been infused for centuries in various preparations to be taken as a herbal remedy for digestive complaints, to soothe inflamed skin and also to splash on as a tonic for the senses. (We love that its also known as the Forbidden Fruit, as well as one of The Seven Wonders of Barbados! Parfums de Nicola Maharadjah Farina in the 17th Century. Ormonde Jayne Osmanthus A woody evergreen, rosemary has super-fragrant needle-like leaves, and white, purple, blue or pink flowers, depending on the variety. ", "Even though this is one of the most broadly loved notes around the world, few people know that it actually comes from the seed pod of an orchid," says perfumer Stephen Nilsen. How mysterious is that, as a fragrant ingredient? Paisley shawls were traditionally layered with patchouli leaves in transit. PradaNo9 Benjoin (Although eugenol is also produced synthetically, nowadays.) Nonetheless, this piquant spicy flower is a cornerstone of many, many Ambre perfumes, adding a delicious, almost nose-tingling brightness, and complementing the floral notes: carnation and rose, in particular, were just made for each other. So why use tolu at all? 341 Likes, 29 Comments - Amina | Visual Designer (@amina.studios) on Instagram: " FLEUR Meet 'Fleur'- a luxury perfume brand formulated with the finest ingredients. But its use goes way back: musk makes its first appearance in the 6th Century, brought from India by Greek explorers. We think the likely answer to this clue is KETONE. THE REASON TO BUY CHANEL PERFUMES: High-quality ingredients and a status symbol. Browse this list for ingredients that you may not have realized are right on your neighborhood grocery shelf! Leather and perfumery go way back together, meanwhile. Certainly a note that makes our heart beat a little faster, when we smell it. Prada LEau Ambre. Both were among the most popular perfume ingredients of ancient times, referred to as far back as ancient Egyptian unguent recipes. Goutal Paris Rose Absolue Gourmand Scents for Shrove (4160)Tuesday(s) & Beyond. Agent ProvocateurMaitresse Narciso Rodriguez for Her This is, after all, a kind of mandarin: sweet, honeyed and with lots of uplifting zest in its bright orange skin. Dior Dune Can a fragrance really smell of water? And the rest, as they say, is history. (Carnation absolute is only produced in the south of France, though.). A deeply intimate fragrance that's complex, vibrant, raw, spicy and sweet all at once. Some noses played around with ingredients like patchouli, or synthetic imitations of oakmoss to try to achieve some of the same effects as this wonder of the natural scent world, but theres no question that some favourite fragrances started not to smell like themselves. Its extreme power will boost any fragrance composition with intense woody and ambery notes, which consumers around the world have learned to recognize and love," says perfumer Carlos Benaim. These ingredients consist of herbal and synthetic materials. Memo Shams Calvin Klein Euphoria Donna KaranBlack Cashmere What does it smell of, in a fragrance? The scented oils obtained by cold-pressing the peel and unlike so many other plant ingredients, the aroma that you get from that process is almost exactly the natural scent of the ripe fruits peel. Caron Tabac Blond Dior Miss Dior The tree probably gets its name from the Latin pira. Caron Parfum Sacre Miss Sixty Miss Sixty Because as with that spirit the juniper berry adds a bracing, exhilarating touch to fragrances. "In the Aztec language, it's called 'the flower made of little bones,'" says perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux. Styrene is one of the 3,000-odd ingredients on the list. Chanel Coco GalimardGalimard Star Savvy perfumers know exactly which to use to get their desired effect, Elizabeth Arden Green Tea (In fact, if youve ever parked your car under a linden tree in full flower, it does just that, dropping sticky, furry and fiendishly difficult-to- remove syrup onto the paintwork). In general, they lend themselves well to mens scents, though there are some feminine examples, too. Today, of course, its not the natural stuff that perfumers use, but a huge array of synthetic musks, ranging from sweet, powdery musks to almost metallic versions. (Its still widely used in religious rites, across different cultures and has become very widespread in our homes, in the form of burning sticks and joss-sticks.). YSL Paris. Ylang ylang has a fruity top like a juicy crunchy pear and a body with an elegant floral softness that gives sensuality to both feminine and masculine fragrances," says Liegent. Este Lauder Youth Dew Rich and naturally complex, there are soft, come-hither floral elements to the balsam, as well as sweet vanilla and spicy cinnamon notes; its often used in ambres. Lifelong companions for bold, luminous personalities in perpetual movement, each CHANEL fragrance for women is inspired by the world of Mademoiselle and composes its own imaginative and feminine olfactory experience. Often, a synthetic note of benzyl acetate IS used by perfumers but in reality, benzyl acetate is also found naturally in many flowers, including ylang-ylang, gardenia, hyacinth and jasmine. Its generally the (antiseptic) essential oil from the leathery, knobbly rind of citron which makes its way into zesty Colognes and as a richly fragrant top note in some perfumes, adding a dry citrus edge. ', Chanel Coromandel Unlike jasmine and rose, usually synthetically reproduced. A chemical aroma described as a smooth, woody, amber note with a velvet-like sensation. By Kilian Back to Black "Monoi is made by macerating Tiare flowers (Tahitian Frangipani) in coconut oil until the oil absorbs the beautiful floral scent of the Tiare petals," says Reilly. 19th Century courtesans in Shanghai used it to dye their underwear a vibrant yellow. So do we. (Although LArtisan Parfumeur built a whole fragrant collection around it), Caron Secret Oud An Asian evergreen tree with fragrant flowers, the oil of which is used in expensive floral perfumes. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Here, you can read about literally hundreds of the different perfume elements in use today. That translates as having an overripe character. Bigarade, from the fruit of that tree, is another key ingredient in colognes, while its leaves give us petitgrain, another popular element in citrussy scents. Zing! Givenchy Ange ou Demon "It was used for the first time in 1966 in iconic fragrance, Eau Sauvage by Parfums Christian Dior," says Huclier. LArtisan Parfumeur Mandarine It can be a skin sensitiser for some people, and is therefore listed on fragrance packaging so that it can be avoided by those who have a problem. 5 Perfume: Is It Worth the Hype? Orange blossom honey. Atelier Cologne Rose Anonyme And the mandarin tree gives us mandarin petitgrain, with a thyme-like scent. Strawberry can be lush, juicy, fruity-green and not overpoweringly jammy, at all. La Prairie Silver Rain Even more confusingly, the perfume ingredient doesnt even come from amber itself that time-hardened resin of Pinus succinifera, which is often shaped into jewellery. Lanvin Arpge It also cured snakebite, increased fertility and was a cornerstone of Four Thieves Vinegar, a blend of herbs alleged to ward off the plague. Thierry Mugler Womanity (Its been called the scent of the 60s, because the essential oil was often worn neat on the skin of music-loving, party-loving and sometimes drug-loving youth.) The scent can also be extracted from the so-pretty bunched variety Narcissus tazetta is native to southern Europe and now also grown widely across Asia, the Middle East, north Africa, northern India, China and Japan. Because cinnamon bark oil is a sensitiser and as such, you may cinnamates on perfume packaging, as a warning where natural cinnamons used, its likely to have been distilled from the leaves and twigs. Its a sensory experience: that candied breath of sugar. Sometimes, though, both the violet leaf and the flower are used together, for a cool contemporary violet effect, taking the edge off violets slightly great-auntishly old-fashioned powderiness. Id use more of it except that citrus fruit essential oils are restricted these days, and I almost always want to get some grapefruit in there too. linden, or Tilia cordata) almost seems to drip with honey. L.VilloresPiper Negrum. Nina Ricci LAir du Temps (Strangely, the flower itself is scent-less.). The daisy-like chamomile isnt one note, its two because different varieties offer different nuances to a perfumer. Kim Kardashian Love Kim, Amazingly, tonka bean is actually a member of the pea family. Ingredients. Famously, Nicotiana tabacum - member of the nightshade family made its way to Europe via the Spanish, in around 1528. Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Stephanotis generally appears as part of a bigger bouquet of blowsy, hypnotic white florals. ), Grs Fleur de Cabotine Givenchy Hot Couture Eau de Parfum A fragrance without roses is almost as unthinkable as a love affair without kisses. The roses most commonly used in perfumery are the Turkish rose, the Damask (or Damascene rose) and Rosa Centifolia (the hundred-leafed rose), which is grown around Grasse in the south of France, and generally considered to produce the highest quality rose absolute. Xerjoff Shooting Stars Collection: Esquel, It sounds synthetic. Fragonard Fragonard Dior Diorissimo Jean-Claude Ellena and Geza Schoen - who creates scents for Ormonde Jayne use a lot of pink pepper, and Karyn Khoury (Creative Director for Este Lauder) has long been a fan, first introducing it into Pleasures, which has become a major classic: pink pepper adds a piquancy and freshness, and its here to stay. With its tart/sweetness, meanwhile, the blackcurrant berry is a popular ingredient in todays fruity-florals. Guerlain Chamade And there is a quality that says "bathroom, used, not cleaned for a while", and so much more. One fine day, in perfumery heaven, we will all smell and enjoy cinnamon in heavy doses: Until then, we have to life with the regulations that we have', Dior Dioressence Frederic Malle Cologne Bigarade Notes are black cherry, almond, berries, bergamot, rose, vanilla, tonka bean, and black tea. Its intriguing. Penhaligons Orange Blossom Dolce & GabbanaThe One for Men "We have seen our online sales increase between 150 and 200 percent, depending on . Though production of these colognes and perfumes are mostly abroad, the Philippines is a great source of supply for the most common scents the world's most popular brands use. For many of us, geranium has an incredibly nostalgic scent: the scent of a grandmothers greenhouse, rubbing a furry-leaved plant between our fingertips. Boucheron Boucheron Dior La Collection Couturier Parfumeur Leather Oud Think of this as a chameleon note: even more than most notes, davana is said to smell differently on each of us which is why its prized by some perfumers. "I love its green, rosy, and slightly musky scent. Mad et Len Eau de Fleur dOranger ), to lighten the woodiness. LOccitane en Provence Dlice des Fleurs Mostly, this evocative note conjuring up images of sculptural wood cast ashore by stormy seas, and bleached by the sun makes its way into mens fragrances, or light, beach-inspired summery colognes. Guerlain Spirituelle Double Vanille In nature, daisies have a subtle, herbaceous green scent. Theres a touch of lilac about this feminine perfume note but a slightly spicy undertone that adds intrigue, at the same time, reminiscent of the cloviness of carnation. 9 Benjoin (Rather usefully, benzoin multi-tasks as an antiseptic and an inhalant, as well as a stypic, i.e. Floris Fleur Designed by the talented trio, Olivier Poleg, Carlos Benaim, and Domitille Berthier, this best-smelling perfume for women is like wandering through your own secret flower gardenbut after . Annick Goutal le Mimosa The rise (and rise) of fruity scents has given a new lease of life to this fruit, once reserved for the pudding course and jam-making. Grossmith Phul-Nana "It is super-chic, and I strongly believe in its rebirth after years of outdatedness. Donna Karan DKNY Golden Delicious For centuries, the essential oil of bergamot has had a close link to perfumery and scent, even used to scent small papier-mch boxes for keeping small precious mementos - like locks of hair and love letters. Dior JAdore Perfume ingredients include a blend of alcohol, oils, and other aromatic components. And what is it? Others are reminded of angelica, frankincense and celery, while we love this quote from the blogger Boisdejasmin, when she dipped her testing strip into some opoponax: The wave of warm, sweet scent washed over me: it smelled of aged whiskey, mahogany shavings and bitter caramel, but it was also velvety and powdery. The resin is extracted from the bark of the Commiphora eyrthraea tree (mostly from Somalia), and is also known as sweet myrrh. 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