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• Botanical Name: Ocimum basilicum
• Appearance: Clear to pale yellow liquid
• Strength: Moderate
• Description: Sweet, herbaceous, and slightly camphoraceous with a subtle licorice sharpness

Learn More

Want to learn more about this essential oil? Here’s some of my favorite resources:

• Robert Tisserand’s Essential Oil Safety, Pages 205 – 206
• Julia Lawless’ The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils, Pages 45 – 46
• The Good Scents Company
• AromaWeb

What's inside?

Every essential oil contains constituents, and every batch of essential oil can be different. For Basil (Sweet) essential oil, we compiled constituent rates from several gas chromatograph analyses and cross-referenced with medical/science literature and studies. Each rate was then weighted in the higher range to ensure restrictions covered for general safe usage. Your specific Basil (Sweet) essential oil may or may not contain all of the following constituents or contain them at these rates.

Here are the constituents and rates used in the calculator for Basil (Sweet) essential oil:

• alpha-Bisabolol (Contains .2%)
• Basil (Sweet) IFRA (Contains 100%)
• Estragole (Contains 1%)
• Eugenol (Contains 11%)
• Farnesol (Contains 0.01%)
• Geraniol (Contains 0.15%)
• Linalool (Contains 45%)
• Methyl eugenol (Contains .05%)