Myrrh Essential Oil

Natural

Myrrh Essential Oil

Offers a warm, rich balsamic character with deep amber undertones, medicinal spice, and distinctive liquorice-like facets that create an intensely resinous and slightly smoky impression.

NaturalBaseCAS: 8016-37-3

Odor Strength

Medium

Odor Type

Spicy

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Myrrh Essential Oil in their compositions.

Accent

10 formulas

0.1%2.7%5.0%

Support

6 formulas

2.0%2.5%3.0%

Modulate

3 formulas

0.5%0.9%1.2%

Enhance

2 formulas

9.5%12.3%15.0%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Myrrh Essential Oil appears most often.

Floral Bouquet

4 formulas

0.2%1.8%5.0%

Oriental Amber

4 formulas

2.0%3.3%5.0%

Complex Composition

2 formulas

9.5%12.3%15.0%

Woody Aromatic

2 formulas

0.1%0.3%0.5%

TGSC Descriptions

Luebke, William tgsc, (1989): Balsamic dry spicy amber toffee metallic resinous mushroom

Other Descriptions

Myrrh Oil

PerfumersWorld: Balsamic spicy camphoraceous rich medicinal warm rich spicy-balsamic
Blends-well-with - +juniperberry +mandarin petitgrain +cypress +sandalwood +patchouli frankincense, sandalwood, benzoin, oakmoss, cypress, juniper, mandarin, geranium, patchouli, thyme, mints, lavender, pine and spices.

Firmenich: Sweet, ambery, balsamic, myrrh reveals liquorice and smoky undertones
It gives a deep balsamic and ambery facet with a typical liquorice effect.