Ingredients · Spices · heart note

Clove leaf oil

Harsher, drier clove, woody-phenolic and less sweet than bud.

What it is

Natural oil from leaves (or stems) of Syzygium aromaticum.

Where it comes from

Madagascar, Indonesia

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

A budget clove note and the main natural source for isolating eugenol.

Worth knowing

Stem oil, distilled from stalks left after bud picking, sits between leaf and bud in quality.

Rules

Limited. Limited through its eugenol content (IFRA; EU label-declared allergen).

Also called

Syzygium aromaticum leaf oil; clove stem oil (related grade)