• Powerful green-resinous aroma with bitter and earthy depth
• Used to add natural outdoor freshness and sharp green clarity
• Perfect for vintage chypres, fougères, herbal blends, and incense-style perfumes
• Enhances realism in forest and garden-style compositions
• Excellent for attars, oil perfumes, incense oils, and solid perfumes

Galbanum is a bold, green-resinous essential oil derived from the gum of the Ferula galbaniflua plant. It is known for its intensely sharp, green, and bitter aroma with earthy, woody, and slightly balsamic undertones. Often described as the “greenest of all greens,” Galbanum is used to create naturalistic outdoor accords, chypres, and forest-themed fragrances.

It brings depth, freshness, and vintage elegance to both top and heart notes in florals, fougères, and incense blends.

INCI Name: Galbanum Oil

CAS Number: 8016-36-2

Botanical Name: Ferula galbaniflua

Extraction Method: Steam distillation

Appearance: Greenish to yellow viscous liquid

Odor Description: Sharp green, bitter-resinous, earthy, slightly woody

Purity: 100% essential oil

Solubility: Soluble in alcohol, DPG, and fixed oils

Recommended Usage Level: 0.1%–5% in final blend

Category: Green-Resinous Modifier – Top/Heart Note – Perfumery Use

Use 0.2–3% to add a sharp green punch and naturalistic forest tone to your floral or woody compositions.

💡 To build a bold green-natural scent 🌿🌲, use 0.2–3% Galbanum in attars, incense oils, or alcohol perfumes.

🌼 Blend with violet leaf, iris, or muguet for lush spring florals.

🌳 Add to patchouli, oakmoss, or vetiver for classic forest-themed chypres.

🌬️ Use in green aldehydic florals or vintage perfumes for natural realism.

🔄 Let your formula rest 5–7 days—Galbanum becomes smoother with time.

⚠️ Extremely potent—start low and layer carefully with lighter florals or woods.

Q1: What does Galbanum smell like?
It smells sharp green, bitter, resinous, and earthy, with woody and slightly balsamic nuances—fresh and forest-like.

Q2: Is it natural or synthetic?
Galbanum is a 100% natural essential oil, steam-distilled from the gum resin of the Ferula plant.

Q3: Can it be used in oil-based perfumes or attars?
Yes! It is fully soluble in DPG, alcohol, and fixed oils, suitable for roll-ons, mists, incense, and solid perfumes.

Q4: What perfume styles benefit from Galbanum?
Ideal for chypres, green florals, fougères, incense blends, and natural forest compositions.

Q5: What does it blend well with?
Best with oakmoss, vetiver, violet leaf, patchouli, rose, aldehydes, sandalwood, and orris.