
A-to-Z List of Essential Oils with a Sweet Aroma:
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Allspice (Pimento Berry) Oil
(Pimenta dioica)
Aroma Description: Allspice Essential Oil smells sharp yet is sweet with a spicy, cinnamon and clove-like aroma.
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Aniseseed Myrtle
(Syzygium anisatum)
Aroma Description: Strongly smelling of both aniseed and licorice, cool, herbaceous, soft, sweet, warm
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Balsam Copaiba
(Copaifera officinalis)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Resinous, Sensual, Sweet, Warm
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Balsam Poplar
(Populus balsamifera)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Exotic, Fresh, Resinous, Sensual, Sweet, Warm, Woody
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Basil
(Ocimum basilicum)
Aroma Description: Basil Essential Oil smells sweet, herbaceous and somewhat licorice-like.
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Bergamot Mint
(Mentha aquatica)
Aroma Description: Bergamot Mint Essential Oil smells fresh, sweet, herbaceous and minty. It also has subtle underlying citrus and floral characteristics.
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Blue Cypress
(Callitris columellaris)
Aroma Description: Sweet, fresh, fruity, mildly licorice-like, balsamic aroma with a resinous, faintly smoky undertone; has good tenacity, fixative properties and possesses notes that are reminiscent of lemon and cedar
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Blue Tansy
(Vogtia annua)
Aroma Description: Fresh, warm, rich, slightly sweet, fruity, with subtle floral, camphorous and herbaceous undertones.
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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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Cananga
(Cananga brandisiana)
Aroma Description: Cananga Essential Oil smells floral, sweet and slightly woody.
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Cassia Bark
(Cinnamomum cassia)
Aroma Description: Cassia Bark Essential Oil smells spicy, sweet, woodsy and earthy.
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Cassie
(Vachellia farnesiana)
Aroma Description: Rich, sweet, warm, green, honey-floral aroma with pronounced powdery and soft cinnamic-balsamic undertones; has a subtle spicy, violet-like drydown.
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Cedarwood, Atlas
(Cedrus atlantica)
Aroma Description: Woody and sweet. Atlas Cedar Oil is a bit sharper than Virginian Cedarwood Oil. The aroma is reminiscent of artificial mothballs.
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Cedarwood, Indian
(Cedrus deodara)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Fresh, Green, Rich, Soft, Warm, Woody
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Chamomile, German (Blue Chamomile)
(Matricaria chamomilla)
Aroma Description: Sweet, fruity and herbaceous.
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Chamomile, Roman
(Chamaemelum nobile)
Aroma Description: Roman Chamomile Essential Oil smells crisp, sweet, fruity and herbaceous.
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Cinnamon (burmannii)
(Cinnamomum burmannii)
Aroma Description: Warm, spicy and particularly sweet aroma
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Citronella
(Cymbopogon nardus)
Aroma Description: Citronella Essential Oil smells citrusy, slightly fruity, fresh and sweet.
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Clementine Petitgrain - Corsica
(Citrus reticulata)
Aroma Description: Citrus, Floral, Fresh, Fruity, Sweet
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Clove
(Syzygium aromaticum)
Aroma Description: Rich, spicy, sweet, soft, warming yet slightly bitter. It is also slightly woody in character and is reminiscent in aroma to that of true clove buds but is of course much stronger in aroma.
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Copaiba Balsam
(Copaifera officinalis)
Aroma Description: Copaiba Balsam Essential Oil smells sweet, woody, resinous 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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Eucalyptus, Radiata
(Eucalyptus radiata)
Aroma Description: Eucalyptus Radiata Essential Oil smells slightly camphorous, sweet and fruity.
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Geranium
(Pelargonium graveolens)
Aroma Description: Herbaceous, green, floral, sweet, dry, fresh, slightly fruity
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Hinoki
(Chamaecyparis obtusa)
Aroma Description: Hinoki Essential Oil smells woody and sweet. The aroma varies between the wood, root and needle (leaf) oils.
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Honeysuckle
(Lonicera caprifolium)
Aroma Description: Floral, Honey-sweet, rich, reminiscent of spring time
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Hops
(Humulus lupulus)
Aroma Description: Fresh and sweet with a somewhat sharp (bitter), earthy/herbaceous aroma.
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Jasmine Grandiflorum Absolute
(Jasminum grandiflorum)
Aroma Description: Jasmine Absolute smells deep, rich, floral and exotic.
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Jasmine Sambac Absolute
(Jasminum sambac)
Aroma Description: Exotic, Floral, Rich, Sensual, Soft, Sweet
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Lavender
(Lavandula angustifolia)
Aroma Description: Floral, fresh, sweet, herbaceous and sometimes slightly fruity. It can be slightly camphorous.
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Lemon
(Citrus × limon)
Aroma Description: Lemon Essential Oil smells similar to fresh lemon rinds except that it is more concentrated.
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Lemon Myrtle
(Backhousia citriodora)
Aroma Description: Lemon Myrtle Essential Oil smells fresh, sweet and has an intense lemony aroma.
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Linden Blossom
(Tilia × vulgaris)
Aroma Description: Warm, floral and somewhat honey-like. It possesses a slightly citrus-like note.
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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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Marjoram
(Origanum majorana)
Aroma Description: Herbaceous, sweet, woody and has an underlying delicate floral note.
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Nutmeg
(Myristica fragrans)
Aroma Description: Spicy, sweet and woody. It is similar in aroma to the cooking spice, but it is much more fragrant.
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Orange, Bitter (Petitgrain)
(Citrus × junos)
Aroma Description: As the name implies, Bitter Orange Essential Oil smells like a cross between the sweetness of sweet orange oil and the slight bitterness of grapefruit oil.
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Passion Fruit
(Passiflora edulis)
Aroma Description: Passion Fruit Essential Oil has a sweet, warm, and woody scent.
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Peru Balsam
(Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae)
Aroma Description: Ssweet, fresh, earthy and balsamic.
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Pine
(Pinus sylvestris)
Aroma Description: Crisp, fresh, woody, earthy, balsamic, sweet, woody, forest like aroma
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Rose
(Rosa × damascena)
Aroma Description: Smells floral, sensual, and sweet with an intense, concentrated rose aroma
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Sandalwood - New Caledonia
(Santalum austrocaledonicum)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Cool, Earthy, Rich, Sweet, Warm, Woody
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Siberian Fir
(Abies sibirica)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, fresh, piney, soft, woody, coniferous, earthy, sweet
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Sweet Orange
(Citrus Sinensis)
Aroma Description: Citrusy and sweet. Its aroma is similar to that of orange peels but is more concentrated.
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Tagetes
(Tagetes minuta)
Aroma Description: Bittersweeet, fresh, green, herbaceous, slightly citrus, slightly floral, slightly sweet, soft, slightly fruity
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Tangerine
(Citrus reticulata)
Aroma Description: Fresh, sweet and citrusy. It smells similar to the bright aroma of tangerine peels (as compared to orange peels), but is more concentrated.
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Tuberose
(Agave polianthes)
Aroma Description: Tuberose Absolute smells complex, exotic, sweet and floral
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Vanilla Oleoresin
(Vanilla planifolia)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Rich, Sensual, Sweet, Vanilla-like, Warm
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White Ginger Lily Absolute
(Hedychium coronarium)
Aroma Description: Exotic, Floral, Sensual, Soft, Sweet
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Wormwood
(Artemisia absinthium)
Aroma Description: Warm, sharp, dry-woody and herbaceous-green throughout, reminiscent to a cedar leaf and chamomile blue infusion. A unique note for perfumers.
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Yarrow
(Achillea millefolium)
Aroma Description: Yarrow Essential Oil smells sharp, woody, herbaceous, fruity and somewhat sweet.
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Ylang Ylang
(Cananga odorata)
Aroma Description: Smells exotic, floral, sweet and slightly fruity and woody.
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Yuzu
(Citrus × junos)
Aroma Description: Bright, complex, citrusy aroma that is somewhat similar to a combination of mandarin and grapefruit.