page_title: List of essential oils
hierarchical_section_title: List of essential oils
caption_attribution_description: English: Glass vial containing Eucalyptus Globulus Essential Oil
context_page_description: Essential oils are volatile and liquid aroma compounds from natural sources, usually plants. They are not oils in a strict sense, but often share with oils a poor solubility in water. Essential oils often have an odor and are therefore used in food flavoring and perfumery. They are usually prepared by fragrance extraction techniques. Essential oils are distinguished from aroma oils, infusions in a vegetable oil, absolutes, and concretes. Typically, essential oils are highly complex mixtures of often hundreds of individual aroma compounds.
  Agar oil or oodh, distilled from agarwood. Highly prized for its fragrance.
  Ajwain oil, distilled from the leaves of. Oil contains 35–65% thymol.
  Angelica root oil, distilled from the Angelica archangelica.
  Anise oil, from the Pimpinella anisum, rich odor of licorice
  Asafoetida oil, used to flavor food.
  Balsam of Peru, from the Myroxylon, used in food and drink for flavoring, in perfumes and toiletries for fragrance
  Basil oil, used in making perfumes, as well as in aromatherapy
  Bay oil is used in perfumery and aromatherapy
  Bergamot oil, used in aromatherapy and in perfumes.
  Black pepper oil is distilled from the berries of Piper nigrum.
context_section_description: Essential oils are volatile and liquid aroma compounds from natural sources, usually plants. They are not oils in a strict sense, but often share with oils a poor solubility in water. Essential oils often have an odor and are therefore used in food flavoring and perfumery. They are usually prepared by fragrance extraction techniques (such as distillation, cold pressing, or Solvent extraction). Essential oils are distinguished from aroma oils (essential oils and aroma compounds in an oily solvent), infusions in a vegetable oil, absolutes, and concretes. Typically, essential oils are highly complex mixtures of often hundreds of individual aroma compounds.
  Agar oil or oodh, distilled from agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis). Highly prized for its fragrance.
  Ajwain oil, distilled from the leaves of (Carum copticum). Oil contains 35–65% thymol.
  Angelica root oil, distilled from the Angelica archangelica.
  Anise oil, from the Pimpinella anisum, rich odor of licorice
  Asafoetida oil, used to flavor food.
  Balsam of Peru, from the Myroxylon, used in food and drink for flavoring, in perfumes and toiletries for fragrance
  Basil oil, used in making perfumes, as well as in aromatherapy
  Bay oil is used in perfumery and aromatherapy
  Bergamot oil, used in aromatherapy and in perfumes.
  Black pepper oil is distilled from the berries of Piper nigrum.
  Buchu oil, made from the buchu shrub. Considered toxic and no longer widely used. Formerly used medicinally.
  Birch oil used in aromatherapy
  Camphor oil
  Cannabis flower essential oil, used as a flavoring in foods, primarily candy and beverages. Also used as a scent in perfumes, cosmetics, soaps, and candles.
  Calamodin oil or calamansi essential oil comes from a citrus tree in the Philippines extracted via cold press or steam distillation.
  Caraway seed oil, used a flavoring in foods. Also used in mouthwashes, toothpastes, etc. as a flavoring agent.
  Cardamom seed oil, used in aromatherapy. Extracted from seeds of subspecies of Zingiberaceae (ginger). Also used as a fragrance in soaps, perfumes, etc.
  Carrot seed oil, used in aromatherapy.
  Cedar oil (or cedarwood oil), primarily used in perfumes and fragrances.
  Chamomile oil, there are many varieties of chamomile but only two are used in aromatherapy, Roman and German. German chamomile contains a higher level of the chemical azulene
  Calamus oil Used in perfumery and formerly as a food additive
  Cinnamon oil, used for flavoring
  Cistus ladanifer leaves and flowers used in perfumery.
  Citron oil, used in Ayurveda and perfumery.
  Citronella oil, from a plant related to lemon grass is used as an insect repellent
  Clary Sage oil, used in perfumery and as an additive flavoring in some alcoholic beverages.
  Coconut oil, used for skin, food, and hair
  Clove oil used in perfumery and medicinally.
  Coffee oil, used to flavor food.
  Coriander oil
  Costmary oil (bible leaf oil), formerly used medicinally in Europe; still used as such in southwest Asia. Discovered to contain up to 12.5% of the toxin β-thujone.
  Costus root oil
  Cranberry seed oil, equally high in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, primarily used in the cosmetic industry.
  Cubeb oil, used to flavor foods.
  Cumin seed oil/black seed oil, used as a flavor, particularly in meat products
  Cypress oil, used in cosmetics
  Cypriol oil
  Curry leaf oil, used to flavor food.
  Davana oil, from the Artemisia pallens, used as a perfume ingredient
  Dill oil, chemically almost identical to Caraway seed oil. High carvone content.
  Elecampane oil
  Elemi oil, used as a perfume and fragrance ingredient. Comes from the oleoresins of Canarium luzonicum and Canarium ovatum which are common in the Philippines.
  Eucalyptus oil, historically used as a germicide.
  Fennel seed oil
  Fenugreek oil, used for cosmetics from ancient times.
  Fir oil
  Frankincense oil, used in aromatherapy and in perfumes.
  Galangal oil, used to flavor food.
  Galbanum oil, used in perfumery.
  Garlic oil is distilled from Allium sativum.
  Geranium oil, also referred to as geranol.  Used in herbal medicine, aromatherapy, and perfumery.
  Ginger oil, used medicinally in many cultures, an
caption: Essential oil of Eucalyptus
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