Helichrysum essential oil
Helichrysum italicum
Cúc bất tử · Asteraceae
Honey, hay, warmth, with a spicy note close to curry powder. Sweet yet dry, and very hard to file neatly into any scent family.
The curry note is not imagined. In Europe this very plant is called the curry plant because its crushed leaves smell exactly like that, although it is not part of curry powder. In the oil, the fruity sweetness comes from neryl acetate, and how much there is varies a great deal with where it was grown.
This catalogue has three Helichrysum species, and they are far apart. Italicum is the honey-and-curry one. The two Madagascan species lean firmly towards camphor and 1,8-cineole. The same genus on the label does not mean the same smell in the bottle.
- Plant part
- Flowers
- Vietnamese name
- Cúc bất tử
- Scent family
- Green
- Plant family
- Asteraceae
- 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.
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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: Asteraceae Davana · Everlasting Madagascar · German chamomile · Immortelle Madagascar · Moroccan blue chamomile · Tarragon
Also from the flowers German chamomile · Immortelle Madagascar · Moroccan blue chamomile · Night jasmine · Osmanthus · Pomelo blossom · Saffron · St John’s wort
Same method: direct steam distillation Cypress · East Indian lemongrass · Frankincense sacra · German chamomile · Haitian vetiver · Lemon verbena · Rosemary ct camphor · Siberian fir