Basil
Jul 20
Fresh basil is instantly recognizable in the kitchen. Its green, sweet, spicy aroma brings to mind summer gardens, homemade pesto, tomato dishes, and bunches of freshly picked herbs sitting on the counter. Basil essential oil takes that familiar fragrance and concentrates it into a remarkably powerful aromatic ingredient. Depending on the particular basil oil you …
Jun 19
Fresh, green, sweet, and unmistakably herbaceous, basil essential oil captures a surprisingly complex side of the familiar culinary herb. Most aromatherapy basil comes from sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum, but even that does not identify the oil completely. Sweet basil can produce dramatically different chemotypes. One bottle may be dominated by soothing-smelling linalool, while another may …
