Carrot Seed Essential Oil | Alabama Essential Oil Company

Name        Carrot Seed Essential Oil, France

Category  Essential Oils

Species    Daucus carota L. var. Chantenay, fam. Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Part          Seed

Method     Steam Distilled

Class        Sesquiterpenol

Country    France

Code         DauCar3

Carrot Seed Essential Oil, France this harvest has a mild sweet top note, earthy and root like body notes and woody herbal low notes.  As a baseline lower notes as fatty oily and spicy.  In nature the oil contains significant amounts of terpenes; especially monoterpenes.  However, these do not determine the unique carrot seed aroma. European perfumers use it with cypress, citrus, costus, cassie, mimosa, fougeres, geranium, ionones and methyliones, and cedarwood derivatives.  Oriental perfumes and fantasy blends contain small quantities of carrot seed oil.  Aromatherapy use is primarily for skin tone, scars, and acne,.  Carrot seed blends well with Citrus, Fennel, Frankincense, and Geranium.