LOVAGE ROOT ESSENTIAL OIL (LEVISTICUM OFFICINALE) - ESSENTIAL OILS

Botanical Name: Levisticum Officinale

Common Names: In Germany it is known as Maggikraut and in the Netherlands Maggiplan. In France Leviche and in Italy Levistico. In Swedish its Libbsticka.

Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled

Part Typically Used: Roots and Leaves

Color: Amber to olive brown

Consistency: Thin

Perfumery Note: Medium

Strength of Initial Aroma: Rich, spicy warm, fresh aromatic, intensely sweet and 'root like' odor Lovage is one of the old English herbs that was formerly very generally cultivated, and is still occasionally cultivated as a sweet herb. Lovage was used as a medicinal herb plant in the fourteenth century. Its reputation is believed to be founded largely on its pleasing aromatic odour.

Lovage is used in perfumes in minute amounts to produce 'special effects', or to lend warm background notes in spicy or Oriental bases. It gives interesting effects with Rose bases and in carnation compositions. In respect to penetrative odor, this oil ranks among the most powerful of all natural materials.