Holy basil (tulsi) essential oil
Ocimum tenuiflorum
Hương nhu tía · Lamiaceae
Clove on a base of leaf. Warm, spicy, slightly sweet, with a green herbal part that clove buds do not have.
The main compound is eugenol, exactly the main compound of clove and cinnamon leaf. Three unrelated plants give three oils that the nose places side by side, and holy basil is the lightest and greenest of the three.
Many Vietnamese people know this smell from the pot of hair-washing water boiled with soap-pod and pomelo peel, before they know what it is called. The same plant is the one Indians call tulsi, so a single bush lives two very different cultural lives.
- Plant part
- Whole plant
- Vietnamese name
- Hương nhu tía
- Scent family
- Spicy
- 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 Holy basil (tulsi)
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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 Bergamot mint · Hyssop ct 1,8-cineole · Oregano · Perilla · Rosemary ct camphor · Rosemary ct verbenone · Thyme ct thymol · Vietnamese balm
Also from the whole plant Mugwort · Oregano · Peppermint · Rosemary ct camphor · Rosemary ct verbenone · Sweet marjoram · Thyme ct thymol · Vietnamese balm
Same method: direct steam distillation Catnip · Frankincense · Indian bay leaf · Pink pepper · Rosemary ct camphor · Rosemary ct verbenone · Star anise · Tea tree