Sharp, warm, seedy. Caraway — the spice that defines rye bread and aquavit, a cumin-like warmth with a sweet, anise-adjacent edge.
- Type
- Sirovina
- Olfactive family
- Začinski
- Source
- seeds and bark
- Chemical class
- complex natural (essential oil)
Miris
Teroar i hemotipovi
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
Caraway carvone and spearmint carvone are mirror-image molecules (enantiomers) with identical physical properties but completely different smells. This is a famous examples in chemistry of how molecular chirality affects biological perception — the nose can distinguish left-handed from right-handed molecules.
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
Steam distillation of Carum carvi fruits (commonly called seeds). The essential oil is a pale yellow liquid containing 50-65% (S)-carvone and 30-45% limonene. Yields are approximately 3-7% from dried fruit, making it an affordable essential oil. Major production in Finland, Egypt, Netherlands, and Eastern Europe.
- Formula
- N/A — complex essential oil (key: carvone C₁₀H₁₄O ~50-60%, limonene C₁₀H₁₆ ~40%)
- CAS
- 8000-42-8
- Botanički naziv
- Carum carvi
- Izgled
- colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Srednji
- Sinonimi
- CARAWAY MERIDIAN FENNEL
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Tačka ključanja
- 193.00 to 231.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
- Tačka paljenja
- 134.00 °F. TCC ( 56.67 °C. )
- Relativna gustina
- 0.90000 to 0.91000 @ 25.00 °C.
- Indeks prelamanja
- 1.47900 to 1.49520 @ 20.00 °C.
U parfemima
Carum (caraway) is a top-to-heart spice note providing warm, seedy character. The essential oil is rich in (S)-carvone and limonene. Used in herbal-aromatic, spicy, and northern-European-inspired compositions. It bridges citrus (from limonene) and warm-spicy (from carvone) families. Uncommon in mainstream perfumery but valued in niche work for its specificity. Compatible with dill (which contains the same carvone enantiomer at lower levels), fennel, and warm-herbal notes.
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