
Steam-distilled Boswellia carterii oil — bright terpenic lift over a dry, resinous, faintly citric body.
Essential Oil
Sample dataSomali Frankincense Oil
Boswellia carterii
- Origin
- Somalia · declared
- Documentation
- Available for this lot
Demonstration dataListings, lots and offers shown are samplesAbout sample data
Application
Fine fragrance is where the widest range of natural materials remains commercially justifiable, because the cost of raw material is a smaller share of the finished retail price than in almost any other category. Materials selected here are chosen for tenacity, diffusion and behaviour in alcohol.
27 materials

Steam-distilled Boswellia carterii oil — bright terpenic lift over a dry, resinous, faintly citric body.
Essential Oil
Sample dataBoswellia carterii

Dhofari Boswellia sacra tears, sorted by the traditional colour-and-size grading.
Resin
Sample dataBoswellia sacra

Steam-distilled Commiphora myrrha — warm, bitter-balsamic, medicinal and deeply tenacious.
Essential Oil
Sample dataCommiphora myrrha

Hydrodistilled Aquilaria crassna oil. CITES Appendix II — supplied only against a documented permit pathway.
Essential Oil
Sample dataAquilaria crassna

Steam-distilled Santalum album heartwood oil — creamy, lactonic, exceptionally tenacious.
Essential Oil
Sample dataSantalum album

Steam-distilled vetiver root oil — earthy, smoky and rooty with pronounced tenacity.
Essential Oil
Sample dataChrysopogon zizanioides

First fraction from Comorian ylang distillation — the most volatile and most prized cut.
Essential Oil
Sample dataCananga odorata

Steam-distilled bitter orange blossom — green, honeyed, radiant and unmistakably fresh.
Essential Oil
Sample dataCitrus aurantium var. amara

Solvent-extracted bitter orange blossom — honeyed, indolic and far more tenacious than neroli.
Absolute
Sample dataCitrus aurantium var. amara

Rosa centifolia absolute — deep, honeyed and spicy, with far greater tenacity than otto.
Absolute
Sample dataRosa centifolia

Steam-distilled Rosa damascena from the Rose Valley — crystalline, cool-topped and transparent.
Essential Oil
Sample dataRosa damascena

Solvent-extracted Jasminum grandiflorum — warm, fruity-floral and richly indolic.
Absolute
Sample dataJasminum grandiflorum

Iris pallida rhizome butter after multi-year maturation — violet, powdery, and among the most expensive naturals in use.
Botanical Extract
Sample dataIris pallida

Supercritical CO2 extract of ambrette seed — the closest natural analogue to a musk, warm and skin-like.
CO2 Extract
Sample dataAbelmoschus moschatus

Hand-sorted Boswellia papyrifera tears — sharper and more turpenic than the Somali species.
Resin
Sample dataBoswellia papyrifera

Osyris lanceolata — CITES Appendix II and subject to national export controls. Listed for reference; not currently offered.
Essential Oil
Sample dataOsyris lanceolata

Washed, dried and chopped vetiver root for distillation, tincture and direct use.
Aromatic Root
Sample dataChrysopogon zizanioides

Jasminum sambac absolute — greener, sharper and more tea-like than grandiflorum.
Absolute
Sample dataJasminum sambac

Polianthes tuberosa absolute — creamy, narcotic, green-waxy and unmistakable.
Absolute
Sample dataPolianthes tuberosa

Narcissus poeticus from the Massif Central — green, hay-like, bitter and deeply unusual.
Absolute
Sample dataNarcissus poeticus

Osmanthus fragrans absolute — apricot, leather and tea in a single material.
Absolute
Sample dataOsmanthus fragrans

Magnolia champaca absolute — tea, orange blossom and magnolia with a dry, spicy edge.
Absolute
Sample dataMagnolia champaca

Acacia dealbata absolute — powdery, honeyed, green and softly waxy.
Absolute
Sample dataAcacia dealbata

Cistus ladanifer resinoid — ambery, leathery, sweet-balsamic and hugely tenacious.
Resinoid
Sample dataCistus ladanifer

Styrax tonkinensis resinoid — vanillic, sweet-balsamic and creamy.
Resinoid
Sample dataStyrax tonkinensis

Hand-picked Crocus sativus stigmas from the Taliouine region — leathery, honeyed and metallic.
Aromatic Flower
Sample dataCrocus sativus

Eriocephalus punctulatus — a deep blue Cape endemic, fruity, herbaceous and unusually soft.
Essential Oil
Sample dataEriocephalus punctulatus