10ml Carrot Seed Essential Oil
Used in aromatherapy applications, Carrot Seed Essential Oil can stimulate circulation as well as brain and nerve functions. Its warm, earthy, woody, and herbaceous scent has a soothing, refreshing, and grounding effect that can be known to diminish feelings of fatigue, weakness, anxiety, and stress.
- 100% pure Carrot Seed essential oil.
- Botanical Name: Daucus carota
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Seeds
- Colour: Golden Yellow
- Consistency: Thin - Medium
- Perfumery Note: Middle
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium - Strong
- Aromatic Description: Earthy, woody, warm. It is considered harsh/unpleasant by some
- Carrot Seed Oil Uses: Eczema, gout, mature skin, toxin build-up, water retention. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 57-60.]
- Major Constituents: Carotol a-Pinene Dauca-4,8-diene B-Caryophyllene (E)-Dauc-8-en-4B-ol See Essential Oil Safety for more complete list of constituents. [V. Mazzoni, F. Tomi, J. Casanova, A Daucene-type Sesquiterpene from Daucus carota Seed oil. (Flavour Fragrance Journal 14, 1999), 268-272. Source cited in Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 233.]
Safety Information: Tisserand and Young indicate that Carrot Seed Oil is contraindicated in pregnancy and breastfeeding and that it may interfere with gestation. Reading Tisserand and Young's full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 233.]
