Excellentia International CLARY SAGE OIL PURE & NATURAL
The Clary Sage plant is native to the Eastern Mediterranean area and Syria, and it has been used since ancient times for both its medicinal properties and its fragrance. It was later introduced to England in 1562 and from the beginning of the 20th century, it was widely used in Germany for the production of several brands of vermouth. It has large, oval, gray-green leaves, and its stems are topped with long spikes of small and slightly pink flowers. The essential oil from Clary Sage is very different from other Sage species, having a floral and herbaceous fragrance with a dry note reminiscent of tobacco and a musk undertone that work very well in perfumery. The French quality is different from the Russian one, and they can't be substituted for each other. China production is mainly for its domestic consumption, using the absolute to isolate "Sclareol" which is the precursor for the synthesis of the high-valued "Ambrox".
Properties
- Physical Form
- Liquid
Product families
Applications
- Other Food Applications
Product Families
- Flavor Enhancers
- Plant & Herb Products & Extracts
Other characteristics
- Functions
- Flavor Enhancer
- Ingredient Name
- Salvia Sclarea L.
- Labeling Claims
- Natural, Naturally Derived
- Natural
- Naturally Derived
- Ingredient Origin
- Natural Origin
- Certifications & Compliance
European Pharmacopeia (Ph. Eur.), FCC Compliant, IFRA Compliant
- Usage
_x007f_ In fragrances, flavors, cosmetics and aromatherapy (antiviral, antispasmodic, anti-stress and antiseptic).
- Markets
- Food & Nutrition
- Regulation
- Monographs
- NFT 75-225, Ph. Eur., FCC.
- IFRA
- Permitted.
- Cosmetic Allergens
- Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol.
- Safety summary
- No contraindications are known. Recommended usage levels up to 0.5% in fragrance concentrate
- FEMA Number
- 2321.0
- Ingredient
- Salvia Sclarea L.
- Main Origins
- Russia, France, Chinat
- Technology
- Food Ingredients
- Botanical Name
- Salvia sclarea L.
- Botanical Family
- Lamiaceae
- Starting Raw Material
- Aerial parts and stems
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Flavor Enhancer
- Certifications and Compliance
- European Pharmacopeia (Ph. Eur.)
- FCC Compliant
- IFRA Compliant
- Chemical Profile & Chemotypes
- Some authors state that Clary Sage oil is estrogen-like due to its content of Sclareol. However this is not true due to the low content of this substance in the essential oil and because Sclareol is a diterpene diol which does not bear any obvious structural similarity to endogenous estrogens.
- Fresh distillation without previous drying creates an oil with a different composition compared to the traditional method that contains more Linalool and Terpineol, and less Linalyl Acetate.
- The key compounds for Clary Sage oil are the following:
- Linalool
- 6.5 - 24%
- Linalyl Acetate
- 56 - 78%
- Alpha Terpineol
- Tr - 5%
- Germacrene D
- 1 - 12%
- Sclareol
- 0.1 - 2.6%
- Neryl Acetate
- 1 - 3%
- Geranyl Acetate
- 1 - 4%
- Trans-Beta Caryophyllene
- 1 - 4%
- The price of this oil tends to fluctuate so it is typical to find adulterated qualities, mainly with natural or synthetic Linalool and Linalyl acetate.
- Food and Nutrition Applications
- Flavors
