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Ajowan Oil

Ptychotis ajowan
Essential Oil Camphoraceous / Medicinal Herbaceous Phenolic / Sharp Limited Quantities

Pungent, herbaceous-spicy and medicinal odor, reminiscent of red Thyme. However, unlike the rich odor of red thyme, Ajowan Oil presents a sharper, more cymene-like topnote and very…

Bay Leaf Oil

Pimenta racemosa
Essential Oil Balsamic Camphoraceous / Medicinal Fresh / Clean Readily Available

Fresh-spicy, somewhat medicinal, but it has a lasting, sweet-balsamic undertone. The odor of this oil is quite obnoxious to some people, sickly sweet, nauseating. To others, it is …

Expressed Lime Oil

Citrus aurantiifolia
Essential Oil Citrus Fresh / Clean Irregular / Rare

Intensely fresh, rich and sweet, peel-like odor, perhaps more lemon-like than the odor of distilled lime oil, but also mellower and somewhat 'perfumery'. The tenacity of the fragra…

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