Basil Essential Oil, sweet ct. linalool, USA

Name       Basil Essential Oil, sweet ct. linalool, USA

Category  Essential Oils

Species    Ocimum basilicum L, variety, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Part           Leaf

Method     Steam Distillation

Class        Monoterpenol

Country     USA

Code         OciBal1

Basil Essential Oil, sweet ct. linalool, USA

Basil Essential Oil, sweet ct. linalool, USA, (Ocimum basilicum), is sweet and pleasant and very characteristic of the fresh leaves used in Italian cooking, particularly Pesto.  In quality Sweet Basil there should be little if any camphor notes.  On a dry blotter the sweetness should remain as a prevailing note.  Although herbal the aroma should have mild but pleasant low notes.