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Pungent, celery-like with a warm, earthy-spicy complexity. Lovage root oil smells like a concentrated celery stalk soaked in warm leather — herbal, savory, with an unusual musky depth.
- Type
- Складник
- Olfactive family
- Ароматичні
- Source
- root
- Chemical class
- complex natural (essential oil)
Запах
Регулювання й зміни формул
Докладно
Цікавий факт
Lovage was such a ubiquitous flavoring in Roman cuisine that it appears in over 100 recipes in Apicius (the oldest surviving European cookbook, c. 4th century CE). The Romans called it 'ligusticum' after Liguria, the Italian region where it was most intensively cultivated.
Отримання й хімія
Спосіб отримання
Steam distillation of dried, chopped roots. Yield is approximately 0.5-1.5%. The roots are harvested from plants at least two years old. Production is limited, centered in France, Germany, and Poland. The plant is also cultivated for culinary use; perfumery-grade oil requires specific harvesting and distillation parameters.
- Формула
- Complex mixture (no single formula)
- CAS
- 8016-31-7
- Ботанічна назва
- Levisticum officinale
- Зовнішній вигляд
- Pale yellow to dark amber liquid
- Стійкість
- 400 hour(s) at 100.00 %
- Синоніми
- LEVISTICUM OFFICINALE OIL LIGUSTICUM OIL
Restricted. Contains furanocoumarins; IFRA limits use due to phototoxicity risk.
У парфумерії
Specialty modifier in herbal, aromatic, and avant-garde compositions. Lovage root oil provides unique celery-savory character with leathery depth. Used in herbal-chypre constructions, savory-aromatic blends, and compositions that deliberately challenge conventional beauty. The phthalide content also provides a naturalistic link to traditional herbal medicine accords. Small dosages are typical — the material can easily dominate a composition.