Huile essentielle de carvi
Caraway seed oil

Ingredients · Spices · top note

Caraway seed oil

Say itKAIR-uh-way seed oil

Rye-bread spice, warm, sweet and minty-herbal.

What it is
Natural oil from seeds of Carum carvi.
Where it comes from
Netherlands, Hungary, Egypt
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
Adds a rye-bread spiciness to aromatic, fougère and unusual gourmand accords.
Worth knowing
Its main molecule, d-carvone, is the mirror image of spearmint's l-carvone, yet smells completely different.
Rules
Limited. Limited through its carvone content (IFRA, 2020).
Also called
Carum carvi oil