Essential oils · Woody & Resinous family
Juniper berry essential oil
Juniperus communis
Bách xù · Cupressaceae
Pine, resin, a little pepper, with a thin sweetness of ripe fruit. Clean and dry, close to a conifer forest after rain.
The main compound is alpha-pinene, so in the opening it is close to turpentine and frankincense. What belongs to juniper alone is the fruit layer underneath, warmer and rounder than pine needles.
If you know the smell of gin, you already know this one, because gin is essentially spirit flavoured with juniper berries. Oil distilled from the berries is round; oil from the twigs and needles is cheaper and harsher, so the plant part given on this page is the thing to check against the label.
- Plant part
- Seeds
- Vietnamese name
- Bách xù
- Scent family
- Woody & Resinous
- Plant family
- Cupressaceae
- 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 Juniper berry
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.
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: Cupressaceae Cupressus · Fokienia · Thuja · Utah juniper · Virginian cedarwood
Also from the seeds Cardamom · Carrot seed · Nutmeg · Pink pepper · Star anise · Sweet fennel
Same method: direct steam distillation Basil ct linalool · Bergamot mint · Cinnamon leaf · Everlasting Madagascar · Japanese mint · Peppermint · Saro · Utah juniper