Rosemary camphor Essential Oil

Of the three main chemotypes of rosemary, this one has a predominiently camphor note and is often the rosemary used for deep muscle work and body aches. Useful also in flavor and perfumery.

Product Information

Rosmarinus officinalis ct Camphor

(Salvia rosmarinus)

Labiatae family (lamiaceae)

Grown, harvested and distilled in France from organially grown plants

Battaglia says

Rosemary is a good analgesic and can be used against rheumatism, arthritis, and tired, stiff and overworked muscles.

He notes rosemary personalities are young at heart, as though they have found the elixer of youth. They are imaginative, happy, sensitive people with determination. They love security and aim to be in a secure position in love and life because they prefer to express themseves fully in this environment. Rosemary has a spirit that vibrates at an astonishing level, while others might find it difficult to keep up with rosemary personalities. They have the ability to perform several tasks at once, love a challenge and set high standards for themselves.  

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Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen shrub that happily grows all over its range with very little water or maintenance required. It’s very fragrant, has pointed leaves and white blue, pink or purple flowers. Rosemary is related to many other medicinal and culinary herbs. Rosemary comes from the latin "ros marinus," meaning “dew of the sea.” It happily grows wild throughout its entire range.

Rosemary is native to the Mediterranean but can grow in a wide variety of climates. Special cultivars can withstand extreme cold down to -20C. Rosemary is drought resistant too, and flourishes in places like California. It can be an upright bush, or climbing. It flowers in both spring and summer in temperate climates but can blossom almost continuously in the heat. It’s a really hardy plant that, in the right setting, will give a lot of scent and beauty with very little maintenance. Sometimes it just flowers for the heck of it.

Arctander says

Rosemary oil is a pale yellow or almost colorless, mobile liquid of strong, fresh, woody-herbaceous, somewhat minty-forest-like odor. The “high” fresh notes vanish quickly, yielding to a clean, woody-balsamic bodynote which tones out in a dry-herbaceous, but very pleasant and tenacious, bitter-sweet note. There is considerable variation between the different kinds of rosemary oil.

Rosemary in general finds much use in perfumery in citrus colognes, lavender waters, fougères, pine needle fragrances, frankincense, all spices, and Oriential fragrances, in colognes, room deodorants, household sprays, insecticides, etc. Rosemary oil blends well with lavandin, lavender, citronella, thyme, pine needle, labdanum, frankincense, spice oils, petigrain, cedars, etc.

ROSEMARY’S CHARM

by my garden gate

clouds of sea-colored flowers

they incense fingers

----Haiku Poetry