Essential oils · Floral family
Clary sage essential oil
Salvia sclarea
Xô thơm hương · Lamiaceae
Hay, tea, slightly sweet, with a warm musky note underneath. Hard to file as flower or leaf, because it stands in between.
The main compound is linalyl acetate, as in lavender, so the two share a soft sweetness. What sets clary sage apart is that musky layer, and it lasts much longer than lavender.
This plant also yields sclareol, the raw material the fragrance industry uses to make ambergris substitutes. In other words, part of the “marine musk” in a great many modern perfumes traces back to a plant growing in a field — and if you smell the oil carefully you can hear that family resemblance.
- Plant part
- Flowers
- Vietnamese name
- Xô thơm hương
- Scent family
- Floral
- Plant family
- Lamiaceae
- 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 Clary sage
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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: Lamiaceae Basil ct linalool · Bee balm · Bergamot mint · Cornmint · Japanese mint · Oregano · Peppermint · Thyme ct thymol
Also from the flowers Blue tansy · Clove bud · Everlasting Madagascar · Helichrysum · Jasmine grandiflorum · Night jasmine · Roman chamomile · Tagetes
Same method: direct steam distillation Angelica root · Bee balm · Blue tansy · Chinese cassia · Clove bud · Rose otto · Rosewood · Siberian fir