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Ingredient profile · Spicy

Clove

Warm spice, powdery wood and subtle smoky facets.

Illustrative scent study of clove

Adds a recognisable spicy outline that can echo floral and balsamic materials.

Botanical reference
Syzygium aromaticum
Plant part
Buds
Olfactory family
Spicy
Materials & processing
Hydrodistillation for the cited bud oil

Understanding the material

The cited IFF material is clove-bud oil, a specific plant-part product. Its powdery, woody and faintly medicinal associations should be evaluated as smell rather than the heat of a culinary spice. Leaf, stem and bud materials require their own specifications.

A smelling observation

Compare clove with carnation and cinnamon bark. Notice the border between floral spice and a more woody warmth.

Explore the relationships

Continue with Carnation, Cinnamon bark, Benzoin. These connections are comparisons for studying finished fragrances, rather than mixing instructions.

Technical references

Supplier references describe their specific materials. Images are illustrative scent studies and do not certify species, provenance, grade or ingredients in a finished perfume.