Sweet fennel essential oil
Foeniculum vulgare
Thì là ngọt · Apiaceae
Sweet like anise, but greener and lighter, with a little earth underneath. Where star anise is round and dense, sweet fennel is airier and has an added vegetable edge.
Both are rich in trans-anethole. The difference is in the companions: sweet fennel also has fenchone, which brings a thin camphor note and a slight bitterness star anise lacks.
The common name is confusing. The thì là used in fish soup is dill — a different plant with a different smell. This one is tiểu hồi hương in the traditional medicine cabinet, and the botanical name Foeniculum vulgare is the surest way to tell them apart.
- Plant part
- Seeds
- Vietnamese name
- Thì là ngọt
- Scent family
- Spicy
- Plant family
- Apiaceae
- 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 Sweet fennel
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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: Apiaceae Angelica root · Carrot seed · Coriander seed
Also from the seeds Black pepper · Carrot seed · Juniper berry · May chang · Vanilla · Vanilla CO₂
Same method: direct steam distillation Douglas fir · Japanese mint · Pinyon pine · Ponderosa pine · Red myrtle · Roman chamomile · Scots pine · Tagetes