Product Description
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Basil Essential Oil is Sweet with herbaceous top notes and a spicy undertone. Stimulating and helps aid concentration
Basil Essential Oil
A tender and aromatic herb with small white flowers grown and extracted in Egypt where the soil and climate give a uniquely herbaceous and sweet note. Basil Essential Oil is an annual herb with green leaves. The oil is often used in perfumery and is used in many skin, mind and body remedies.
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Characteristics of Basil Essential Oil
Basil Essential oil has sweet green herbaceous top notes and a spicy – licorice / aniseed like undertones.
Basil Essential Oil Properties
Basil Essential Oil is primarily used for clearing the mind of worries and clutter and aiding concentration.
However as well as clearing the mind, basil is typically used in the following applications.
Skin
The high linalol content in Basil essential oil is believed to help repel insects.
Mind
Precautions when using Basil Essential Oil
Basil essential oils is usually stimulating but has a stupefying effect when used in excess.
An emmenagogue so best to avoid Basil Essential Oil in pregnancy (at naturallythinking we have a policy of avoiding all essential oils during pregnancy).
Basil can also irritate people with very sensitive skin, therefore caution should be taken with dosage levels
Basil Essential Oil Technical Information
| Criteria | Information |
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Latin Name |
Ocimum basilicum |
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Inci |
Ocimum basilicum (Basil) leaf oil |
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Plant Family |
Labiate or Lamiacaeae |
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Extraction Method |
Basil Essential oil is steam distilled from the leaves and the flowering tops. |
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Country of Origin |
Egypt |
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Purity |
100% Pure Essential Oil, therapeutic grade |
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Natural Constituents |
Linalool (Alcohol), Borneone, Camphor, Cineole (Ketones), Methylchavicol, Eugeneol (Phenols), Ocimene, Pinene, Slyvestrene (Terpenes). |
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Cas No. |
8015-73-4 |
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Einecs No. |
283-900-8 |
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Blends well with |
Basil Essential Oil blends well with most other herb based essential oils and also with lavender, geranium, bergamot, lime, lemon, frankincense and pine. |
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IFRA Certificate |
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Technical Documents |
Please see the Technical Tab below for SDS, Allergens information and IFRA Certificates |
Basil essential oil is not just rich in thereapeutic properties but the scent of Basil with Lime is pure divinity in candles, burners and the bath
Specifications
- Weight: 0.1 kg
- Blends Well With: Other herbal oils, Lavender and Citrus oils
- Contraindications: Avoid during pregnancy
- Size: 10ml
- Country of Origin: Egypt
- Latin name: Ocimum basilicum
- Traditional Physical Properties: Muscle Warming
- Part of Plant Used: Basil Essential oil is steam distilled from the leaves and the flowering tops.
- Purity: 100% Pure
- Scent: Warm, Fresh, Sweet and Floral
- Key Benefits: Stimulating, Clarifying and Uplifting
- Traditional Skin Use: Stimulating and Clarifying
- Traditional Emotional Use: Basil Essential Oil is primarily used for clearing the mind of worries and clutter and aiding concentration.
- HS Code: 33012941
- HS Description: Basil Essential Oil
- HS Country: EG
- HS Composition: Viscous Plant Oil
