Clove bud essential oil
Syzygium aromaticum
Đinh hương · Myrtaceae
Spicy, sweet, hot, almost a taste. Strong and direct, with no hidden layers to guess at.
About four-fifths of the bottle is eugenol, so clove is almost the smell of that compound itself. Eugenol is also found in cinnamon leaf and holy basil, which is why the three are often described with the same word although they come from three different plants.
Many people recognise this smell from the dentist before they recognise it from the kitchen, because eugenol was used in old-style dental fillings. Oil distilled from the buds is the roundest; oil from leaves and stems is cheaper and harsher, and labels do not always say which.
- Plant part
- Flowers
- Vietnamese name
- Đinh hương
- Scent family
- Spicy
- Plant family
- Myrtaceae
- Lots published
- —
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 Clove bud
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: Đinh hương — 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 Eucalyptus dives · Eucalyptus globulus · Eucalyptus radiata · Fragonia · Kunzea · Lemon eucalyptus · Manuka
Also from the flowers Blue tansy · German chamomile · Helichrysum · Hops · Immortelle Madagascar · Lavandin · Roman chamomile · Tuberose
Same method: direct steam distillation Angelica root · Bee balm · Blue cypress · Blue tansy · Coriander seed · Ho wood · Lavandin · White fir