Essential oils · Medicinal family
Cajeput essential oil
Melaleuca cajuputi
Tràm gió · Myrtaceae
Light camphor, dry, with an astringent edge in the nose from the very first breath. It is not as sweet as eucalyptus nor as sharp as tea tree, but sits in between and a little set back.
That astringency comes from 1,8-cineole, the same compound as in blue gum eucalyptus. In cajeput it comes with a thin woody base, which takes much of the harshness away.
This is the smell of the little bottle of oil in the cabinet of so many Vietnamese homes, something countless people have smelled since childhood without ever naming it. Smelling pure cajeput for the first time usually makes people realise how long they have known it.
- Plant part
- Leaves
- Vietnamese name
- Tràm gió
- Scent family
- Medicinal
- Plant family
- Myrtaceae
- Lots published
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Published lots
No lots yet. When the first lot arrives, its GC/MS analysis will be published here — unedited, with the lot number printed on the bottle label.
Buy Cajeput
This oil is in the catalogue but no lot has been brought in, so it is not on sale yet. Message us if you need it — what we stock next depends on what buyers ask for.
In the scent dictionary: Tràm gió — a description of the smell, the compounds behind it, and how to smell it for yourself.
Elsewhere in the catalogue
No lot of this oil yet. The oils below are close to it botanically or in how they are extracted — some of them already have lots.
Same plant family: Myrtaceae Clove bud · Eucalyptus dives · Eucalyptus radiata · Fragonia · Guava leaf · Niaouli ct 1,8-cineole · Tea tree
Also from the leaves Cypress · Fragonia · Lemon eucalyptus · Niaouli ct 1,8-cineole · Perilla · Ravintsara ct 1,8-cineole · Siberian fir · Tea tree
Same method: direct steam distillation Atlas cedarwood · Baeckea · Copaiba · Cypress · Niaouli ct 1,8-cineole · Tarragon · Tea tree · Vetiver