Botanical Name: Salvia sclarea
Botanical Family: Lamiaceae
Extraction Method: Absolute
Part of Plant Distilled: Flowering tops
Country of Origin: France
Cultivation Method: Organic
Composition: 50:50 Salvia sclarea + Organic Biodynamic Alcohol
Consistency: Medium viscosity.
Scent Description: Sweet and balsamic, yet green with herbaceous-hay tobacco tones.
Blends well with: Citrus, Bergamot, Cardamom, Carnation, Cedar, Cinnamon, Cistus, Coriander, Cypress, Fir, Frankincense, Geranium, Hay, Jasmine, Juniper, Neroli, Lavender, Patchouli, Rose, Sandalwood, Tobacco, Sweet Vernal Grass, Rockrose, Vetiver, and Ylang.
Uses: Dilute and add drop by drop to your blends for the desired scent. It is a long lasting ambery-fixative for perfumes and a tenacious hay heart note for rootsy-rogue scents.
Components: Sclareol, a solid non-distillable diterpene alcohol that is an excellent fixative. Linalyl acetate, which is a fruity smelling ester.
Contraindication: Sensitive skin types should patch test before using.
Clary Sage is a towering herbaceous perennial with spires of pink and white flowers on sturdy square stems covered with large, soft leaves. All aerial parts of the plant contain aromatic essence producing glands that release a honeyed, musky fragrance. The plants are harvested in August when the fragrance is strongest to produce an extract that is a sumptuous fixative with delicate herbaceous, floral, tea, and amber notes. The aroma is gentler and more herbaceous than Clary Sage essential oil.
“Clary Sage serves to bring awareness within, allowing one to come from one’s deep emotional and energetic core. In doing so, it has a softening effect that can help dissolve any unnecessary hard protective structures we normally use in relating to others”.
~Peter Holmes, Aromatica
