Maison Luisant — Fragrance Cross-Reference
Raw Materials Guide
Each fragrance matched to its applicable raw materials from the Maison Luisant Raw Materials Glossary.
Bergamot
A citrus fruit, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The essential oil is produced from the rind. The odor profile is citrusy, tart and bitter.
Galbanum
An aromatic gum resin produced from the perennial herb Ferula Gummosa. The odor profile is deep green, sharp, earthy, rooty, balsamic and metallic.
Geranium
A flowering plant with over 400 varieties. The essential oil is distilled from the leaves and stems. The odor profile is floral aromatic rose, minty, leafy green.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Ambroxan
A synthetic material from a naturally occurring fragrant chemical compound from sclareol. The odor profile is warm, mineral, and slightly sweet.
Oak Moss
Grown on the trunk and branches of oak trees. The odor profile is woody, marine, dry, earthy.
Bergamot
A citrus fruit, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The odor profile is citrusy, tart and bitter.
Iris
Iris roots (orris) are used in perfumery after a minimum of five years of cultivation and drying. The odor profile is rich, floral, woody, long-lasting powdery with characteristics of green violet.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Bergamot
A citrus fruit, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The odor profile is citrusy, tart and bitter.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Heliotrope
A flower with a soft powdery-like smell. In perfumery its scent is conveyed through the synthetic heliotropine.
Heliotropine
Synthetic molecule with a powdery and almond smell that imitates the scent of heliotrope.
Iris
Iris roots (orris) are used in perfumery after a minimum of five years of cultivation and drying. The odor profile is rich, floral, woody, long-lasting powdery with characteristics of green violet.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Benzoin
Resin from a tree that grows in South East Asia. Warm and subtle smell with accents of caramel, vanilla and honey.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Modern Ambers
Extremely powerful synthetic molecules including Amber Xtreme and Ambroxan. The odor profile is radiant, dry, woody, amber.
Notes not yet available.
Bergamot
A citrus fruit, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The odor profile is citrusy, tart and bitter.
Iris
Iris roots (orris) are used in perfumery after a minimum of five years of cultivation and drying. The odor profile is rich, floral, woody, long-lasting powdery with characteristics of green violet.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Modern Ambers
Extremely powerful synthetic molecules including Amber Xtreme and Ambroxan. The odor profile is radiant, dry, woody, amber.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Oud
Distilled from agarwood produced when the Aquilaria tree is attacked by a specific fungus. The scent profile is dark, rich, opaque, animalic and woody.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Clove
Clove essential oil is produced from the aromatic buds of a tree in the tropical evergreen family. The odor profile is spicy, warm, aromatic, balsamic, woody, medicinal, fruity.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Bergamot
A citrus fruit, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The odor profile is citrusy, tart and bitter.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Oak Moss
Grown on the trunk and branches of oak trees. The odor profile is woody, marine, dry, earthy.
Iris
Iris roots (orris) are used in perfumery after a minimum of five years of cultivation and drying. The odor profile is rich, floral, woody, long-lasting powdery with characteristics of green violet.
Oud
Distilled from agarwood produced when the Aquilaria tree is attacked by a specific fungus. The scent profile is dark, rich, opaque, animalic and woody.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Modern Ambers
Extremely powerful synthetic molecules including Amber Xtreme and Ambroxan. The odor profile is radiant, dry, woody, amber.
Bergamot
A citrus fruit, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The odor profile is citrusy, tart and bitter.
Cypriol
A flowering herb belonging to the same family as papyrus from Egypt. The aromatic rhizomes form a dense root system used for distillation in perfumery.
Oud
Distilled from agarwood produced when the Aquilaria tree is attacked by a specific fungus. The scent profile is dark, rich, opaque, animalic and woody.
Labdanum
A sticky brown resin from the shrub Cistus ladanifer. The odor profile is amber, resinous, warm, and leathery.
Bergamot
A citrus fruit, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The odor profile is citrusy, tart and bitter.
Oak Moss
Grown on the trunk and branches of oak trees. The odor profile is woody, marine, dry, earthy.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Oud
Distilled from agarwood produced when the Aquilaria tree is attacked by a specific fungus. The scent profile is dark, rich, opaque, animalic and woody.
Labdanum
A sticky brown resin from the shrub Cistus ladanifer. The odor profile is amber, resinous, warm, and leathery.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Ambroxan
A synthetic material from sclareol, a component of the essential oil of clary sage. The odor profile is warm, mineral, and slightly sweet.
Bigarade
A natural citrus raw material of bitter orange. Bigarade is the French term for bitter orange.
Benzoin
Resin from a tree that grows in South East Asia. Warm and subtle smell with accents of caramel, vanilla and honey.
Oak Moss
Grown on the trunk and branches of oak trees. The odor profile is woody, marine, dry, earthy.
Labdanum
A sticky brown resin from the shrub Cistus ladanifer. The odor profile is amber, resinous, warm, and leathery.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Note: Bitter Orange (Bigarade) is a top note.
Notes not yet available.
Notes not yet available.
Neroli
An essential oil obtained from the blossoms of the bitter orange tree. The odor profile is fresh orange blossom, clean, with an orange flower water effect.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Note: Neroli (orange blossom) is featured in the heart.
Notes not yet available.
Lily of the Valley
A woodland flowering plant with highly fragrant small, white bell-shaped flowers. In perfumery the scent is recreated through synthetics.
Muguet
The French term for Lily of the Valley. The odor profile is floral, watery, green, with facets of jasmine.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Oak Moss
Grown on the trunk and branches of oak trees. The odor profile is woody, marine, dry, earthy.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Note: An audacious composition built on white musk with rose, jasmine, cherry, strawberry, and blackcurrant — base darkened with cedar and oak moss.
Bergamot
A citrus fruit, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The odor profile is citrusy, tart and bitter.
Clove
Clove essential oil is produced from the aromatic buds of a tree in the tropical evergreen family. The odor profile is spicy, warm, aromatic, balsamic, woody, medicinal, fruity.
Oak Moss
Grown on the trunk and branches of oak trees. The odor profile is woody, marine, dry, earthy.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
Iris
Iris roots (orris) are used in perfumery after a minimum of five years of cultivation and drying. The odor profile is rich, floral, woody, long-lasting powdery with characteristics of green violet.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.
Labdanum
A sticky brown resin from the shrub Cistus ladanifer. The odor profile is amber, resinous, warm, and leathery.
Bergamot
A citrus fruit, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The odor profile is citrusy, tart and bitter.
Sandalwood
A small tropical tree native to India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. The odor profile is milky, creamy, with a mellow woody note.
White Musk
A synthetic raw material whose notes are clean and cottony. The odor profile is very soft, sweet, powdery, warm with animal tones.