Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · top note
Basil oil
Say itBAY-zul oil
Fresh, sweet green herb with anise, licorice-spice and floral linalool notes.
- What it is
- Natural oil from steam-distilled flowering herb.
- Where it comes from
- Egypt, France, India
- When you smell it
- Top notes: when you spray it.
- What perfumers do with it
- Brings green, spicy-anise herbal freshness to citrus colognes and modern aromatic masculines.
- Worth knowing
- Its name comes from the Greek 'basilikon', meaning royal.
- Rules
- Limited. Contains estragole and methyl eugenol, both IFRA-limited
- Also called
- Sweet basil; Ocimum basilicum (linalool type); basilic
Named by the house, not on the label, in 19
Memoir ManAmouage · “Basil”
Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · “Basil”
Santal SoharAmouage · “Basil-Rose”
Lumiere GarconFrench Avenue · “Basil”
Lime Basil & Mandarin CologneJo Malone London · “Basil”
OscarOscar de la Renta · “Basil”
The One for MenDolce & Gabbana · “basil”
Swimming PoolBibbi · “BASIL”
Bois ImpérialEssential Parfums · “Thai Basil”
BuongiornoAcqua di Parma · “Codistillation Basil & Petitgrain essences”
L'HommeYSL · “basil blossoms”
Eternity for MenCalvin Klein · “basil”
PoloRalph Lauren · “basil”
Jessica McClintockJessica McClintock · “Basil”
BlueNautica · “Basil”
Black For HimKenneth Cole · “basil”
Ameerat Al ArabAsdaaf · “Basil”
Reverie AquaZimaya · “Basil”
Torino21Xerjoff · “Basil”