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2. List of essential oils - Wikipedia

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   Angelica root oil, distilled from the Angelica archangelica. Has a green musky scent. Anise oil, from the Pimpinella anisum, rich odor of licorice. Armoise/Mugwort oil A green and camphorous essential oil. Asafoetida oil, used to flavor food. Attar or ittar, used in perfumes for fragrances such as rose and sandlewood.

3. Essential oil - Wikipedia

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   t. e. An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile (easily evaporated at normal temperatures) chemical compounds from plants. Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetheroleum, or simply as the oil of the plant from which they were extracted, such as oil of clove.

4. Aromatherapy - Wikipedia

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   Aromatherapy is a practice based on the use of aromatic materials, including essential oils and other aroma compounds, with claims for improving psychological well-being. [1][2][3] It is used as a complementary therapy or as a form of alternative medicine, and typically is used via inhalation and not by ingestion. [2]

5. Herbal distillate - Wikipedia

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   Herbal distillates are produced in the same or similar manner as essential oils. However, essential oils will float to the top of the distillate where it can be removed, leaving behind the watery distillate. For this reason, the term essential water is an apt description. In the past, these essential waters were often considered a byproduct of ...

6. Aroma compound - Wikipedia

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   Aroma compound. An aroma compound, also known as an odorant, aroma, fragrance or flavoring, is a chemical compound that has a smell or odor. For an individual chemical or class of chemical compounds to impart a smell or fragrance, it must be sufficiently volatile for transmission via the air to the olfactory system in the upper part of the nose.

7. Nutmeg oil - Wikipedia

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   Nutmeg oil is a volatile essential oil from nutmeg (Myristica fragrans). [1] The oil is colorless or light yellow and smells and tastes of nutmeg. [2] It contains numerous components of interest to the oleochemical industry. [3] The essential oil consists of approximately 90% terpene hydrocarbons. [4] Prominent components are sabinene, α ...