Soft, herbal, floral, and often faintly reminiscent of apples, chamomile essential oil is one of aromatherapy’s classic gentle fragrances. But there is an important detail hidden behind the word chamomile: Roman chamomile and German chamomile are different plants with distinctly different essential oils. Roman chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile, produces an ester-rich essential oil with a sweet, …
