
A-to-Z List of Essential Oils with an Earthy Aroma:
The wet earthy "smell of rain" aroma, specifically named petrichar, that is generated from particular chemical components defined as geosmin which are released by particular bacteria and microbes.
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Ajowain
(Trachyspermum ammi)
Aroma Description: Astringent, Earthy, Fresh, Green, Herbaceous, Medicinal, Very Spicy, Strong, Warm
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Angelica Root
(Angelica archangelica)
Aroma Description: Cool, Exotic, Fresh, Rich, Peppery, Woody, Rich Earthy, and Herbaceous with peppery top notes and clean spicy, musky back notes.
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Balsam Copaiba
(Copaifera officinalis)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Resinous, Sensual, Sweet, Warm
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Balsam Gurjun
(Dipterocarpus turbinatus)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Musky, Resinous, Rich, Sensual, Warm, Woody
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Black Spruce
(Picea mariana)
Aroma Description: Black Spruce Essential Oil smells fresh, crisp, woody and earthy.
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Buddha Wood
(Eremophila mitchellii)
Aroma Description: Deep, woody aroma, lightly sweet, and faintly smoky
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Canadian Fleabane
(Erigeron canadensis)
Aroma Description: Complex, with resinous, earthy base notes, with a mild sweet anise middle note
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Cassia Bark
(Cinnamomum cassia)
Aroma Description: Cassia Bark Essential Oil smells spicy, sweet, woodsy and earthy.
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Cedarwood, Indian
(Cedrus deodara)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Fresh, Green, Rich, Soft, Warm, Woody
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Cedarwood, Port Orford
(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Aroma Description: Coniferous, Earthy, Green, Herbaceous, Slightly sweet, Woody
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Chamomile, Cape
(Eriocephalus punctulatus)
Aroma Description: Cool, Earthy, Floral, Rich, Slightly sweet, Soft, Warm
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Clary Sage
(Salvia sclarea)
Aroma Description: Clary Sage Essential Oil smells earthy, herbaceous, floral and slightly fruity.
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Copaiba Balsam
(Copaifera officinalis)
Aroma Description: Copaiba Balsam Essential Oil smells sweet, woody, resinous and earthy.
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Cumin
(Cuminum cyminum)
Aroma Description: Cumin Essential Oil smells spicy, masculine, sensual and earthy.
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Davana
(Artemisia pallens)
Aroma Description: Davana Essential Oil smells rich, sweet, fruity and slightly woody. It also has a subtle vanilla note.
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Dill Seed
(Anethum graveolens)
Aroma Description: Dill Seed Essential Oil smells fresh, sweet, herbaceous and slightly earthy.
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Fingerroot
(Boesenbergia rotunda)
Aroma Description: Earthy, Fresh, Herbaceous, Slightly camphoraceous, Slightly sweet, Warm
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Frankincense frereana
(Boswellia frereana)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Resinous, Rich, Sensual, Slightly camphoraceous, Slightly musky, Warm, Woody
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Galbanum
(Ferula gummosa)
Aroma Description: Galbanum Essential Oil possesses an intensely green, fresh leafy odor with a dry woody back-note of balsamic, bark- like character.
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Ghandi Root
(Homalomena aromatica)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Slightly citrus, Slightly spicy, Woody
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Greenland Moss (Labrador Tea) Ledum
(Rhododendron groenlandicum)
Aroma Description: Earthy, Fresh, Herbaceous, Medicinal, Woody
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Grindelia
(Grindelia squarrosa)
Aroma Description: Astringent, Earthy, Herbaceous, Medicinal, Pungent, Slightly camphoraceous, Strong
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Guaiacwood
(Gonopterodendron sarmientoi)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Musky, Resinous, Slightly floral, Soft, Warm, Woody
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Helichrysum
(Helichrysum italicum)
Aroma Description: Helichrysum italicum is also called curry plant because its leaves has a strong curry-like smell.
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Helichrysum Odoratissimum
(Helichrysum odoratissimum)
Aroma Description: Astringent, Balsamic, Camphoraceous, Earthy, Fresh, Medicinal
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Helichrysum patulum
(Helichrysum patulum)
Aroma Description: Cool, Earthy, Green, Herbaceous, Slightly sweet, Soft
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Helichrysum splendidum
(Helichrysum splendidum)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Cool, Earthy, Fresh, Slightly camphoraceous, Soft
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Hemp
(Cannabis sativa)
Aroma Description: Strongly herbaceous, earthy, effervescent green aroma with a slightly bitter, penetrating high note and a clean herbal body note; its long herbaceous drydown is very tenacious
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Himalayan Soti
(Cymbopogon flexuosus)
Aroma Description: Cool, Earthy, Exotic, Fresh, Green, Slightly musky, Slightly sweet
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Hops
(Humulus lupulus)
Aroma Description: Fresh and sweet with a somewhat sharp (bitter), earthy/herbaceous aroma.
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Hyssop
(Hyssopus officinalis subsp. officinalis)
Aroma Description: Hyssop Essential Oil smells fresh, earthy, fruity, woody, slightly sweet and camphorous.
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Inula
(Dittrichia graveolens)
Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, Earthy, Fresh, Medicinal, Rich, Slightly floral, Slightly sweet
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Juniper, One Seed
(Juniperus monosperma)
Aroma Description: Astringent, Balsamic, Earthy, Fresh, Spicy
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Kapoor Kacheri
(Hedychium spicatum)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Bitter, Camphoraceous, Cool, Earthy, Fresh, Resinous, Woody
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Lilac
(Syringa vulgaris)
Aroma Description: Cool, Earthy, Exotic, Floral, Fresh, Rich, Sensual, Slightly sweet, Soft
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Lotus
(Nelumbo nucifera)
Aroma Description: Exceptionally rich, honeyed, dense floral, earthy and creamy sweet, with a spicy green top note, ripe fruit and coumarin-like undertones, and a tenacious, slightly spicy, deep earthy richness in the drydown.
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Manuka
(Leptospermum scoparium)
Aroma Description: Woody, herbaceous, sweet, warm, earthy and balsamic
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Mastic
(Pistacia lentiscus)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Herbaceous, Pungent, Resinous, Rich, Slightly bitter, Slightly musky, Slightly spicy, Strong, Warm, Woody
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Muhuhu (African Sandalwood)
(Brachylaena huillensis)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Cool, Earthy, Rich, Sensual, Slightly musky, Soft, Woody
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Nagarmotha
(Cyperus rotundus)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Musky, Resinous, Rich, Slightly spicy, Warm, Woody
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Opoponax
(Commiphora guidottii)
Aroma Description: Opoponax Essential Oil smells deep, resinous and woody. The aroma shares some similarity to that of Myrrh Oil.
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Palo Santo
(Bursera graveolens)
Aroma Description: Palo Santo Essential Oil smells woody, sweet, and slightly fruity.
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Patchouli
(Pogostemon cablin)
Aroma Description: Earthy, Exotic, Musky, Resinous, Rich, Sensual, Slightly floral, Warm, Woody
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Peru Balsam
(Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae)
Aroma Description: Ssweet, fresh, earthy and balsamic.
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Pinyon Pine
(Pinus edulis)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Coniferous, Earthy, Fresh, Piney, Rich, Woody
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Plai
(Zingiber montanum)
Aroma Description: Plai Essential Oil smells fresh, spicy, woody and peppery.
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Ponderosa Pine Cone
(Pinus ponderosa)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Coniferous, Earthy, Fresh, Piney, Resinous, Rich, Woody
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Rabbitbrush
(Ericameria nauseosa)
Aroma Description: Astringent, Coniferous, Cool, Earthy, Exotic, Herbaceous, Pungent, Slightly bitter, Woody
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Red Pine (Norway Pine)
(Pinus resinosa)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Coniferous, Earthy, Fresh, Piney, Rich, Strong, Woody
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Rhododendron
(Rhododendron anthopogon)
Aroma Description: Rhododendron Essential Oil smells sweet, green and floral with underlying woody characteristics.
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Ruh Khus (Wild Vetiver)
(Chrysopogon nigritanus)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Fresh, Green, Slightly sweet, Soft, Warm
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Sage, True
(Salvia officinalis)
Aroma Description: Earthy, Fresh, Herbaceous, Medicinal, Pungent, Slightly camphoraceous, Slightly spicy, Slightly sweet, Strong, Warm
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Sagebrush, Big
(Artemisia tridentata)
Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, Cool, Earthy, Fresh, Herbaceous, Strong
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Sandalwood - New Caledonia
(Santalum austrocaledonicum)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Cool, Earthy, Rich, Sweet, Warm, Woody
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Sandalwood - Royal Hawaiian
(Santalum paniculatum)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Rich, Sensual, Soft, Warm, Woody
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Sandalwood lancelatum - Australia
(Santalum lanceolatum)
Aroma Description: Earthy, Resinous, Sensual, Slightly sweet, Soft, Warm, Woody
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Sandalwood, Australian
(Santalum spicatum)
Aroma Description: Earthy, Resinous, Rich, Slightly sweet, Soft, Vanilla-like, Warm, Woody
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Savory, Wild
(Satureja montana)
Aroma Description: Earthy, Fresh, Herbaceous, Slightly spicy, Strong, Warm, Woody
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Seabuckthorn
(Hippophae rhamnoides)
Aroma Description: Very subtle aroma, mildly sweet, tart and earthy
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Siberian Fir
(Abies sibirica)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, fresh, piney, soft, woody, coniferous, earthy, sweet
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Spikenard
(Nardostachys jatamansi)
Aroma Description: Spikenard Essential Oil smells deep earthy, woody and musky.
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Tea Tree
(Melaleuca alternifolia)
Aroma Description: Medicinal, fresh, woody, earthy and herbaceous.
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Thuja (White Cedar)
(Thuja occidentalis)
Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, Coniferous, Cool, Earthy, Fresh, Slightly musky
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Vanilla Oleoresin
(Vanilla planifolia)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Rich, Sensual, Sweet, Vanilla-like, Warm
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White Sage
(Salvia apiana)
Aroma Description: Astringent, Earthy, Fresh, Herbaceous, Pungent, Rich, Slightly spicy, Strong, Warm, Woody
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Xanthoxylum
(Zanthoxylum armatum)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Sensual, Slightly bitter, Slightly spicy, Strong, fruity, alluring