Oil · Herbal family
Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Green and just-cut, the smell of a glasshouse at first light.
Basil gives a blend its first breath of green. We use a linalool-rich basil, steam-distilled from the leaf, sweet and herbaceous rather than sharp. It lifts a formula at the top without tipping into aniseed.
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Indian gardens
Basil has been grown across India for centuries, in kitchen gardens and on a field scale. The warm climate brings out its sweeter, linalool-rich side rather than the sharp aniseed note. Steam-distilled from the leaf, it gives a blend its first breath of green.
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