Guava leaf essential oil
Psidium guajava
Lá ổi · Myrtaceae
Green, lightly woody, slightly astringent, with a warm spicy note underneath. It has nothing at all of ripe guava fruit.
The compound most often recorded in guava leaf oil is caryophyllene, also found in black pepper and clove. That is the source of the spicy wood, and why guava leaf sits closer to the spices than to the fruits.
The smell of ripe guava comes from completely different compounds, and they are not in the leaf. Guava leaf oil is seldom distilled and published descriptions are still sparse, so this section is a starting point rather than a conclusion.
- Plant part
- Leaves
- Vietnamese name
- Lá ổi
- Scent family
- Green
- 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 Guava leaf
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: Lá ổi — 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 · Fragonia · Green myrtle · Manuka · Niaouli ct 1,8-cineole · Red myrtle · Rosalina
Also from the leaves Bay laurel · Engelmann spruce · Green myrtle · Hemlock spruce · Larch / Tamarack · Manuka · Red myrtle · Thuja
Same method: direct steam distillation Black pepper · Green myrtle · Hemlock spruce · Lemongrass · Mastic · May chang · Red myrtle · Utah juniper