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Galangal oil

Say itguh-LANG-gul oil

Camphoraceous ginger-like spice with a peppery, pine-resin freshness.

What it is

Natural oil from rhizomes of Alpinia galanga.

Where it comes from

Indonesia, Thailand, India

When you smell it

Top notes: the first minutes.

What perfumers do with it

Adds a sharp, exotic ginger-camphor lift to spicy, citrus and woody accords.

Worth knowing

A ginger relative central to Thai cooking, where it flavours tom kha soup.

Also called

Alpinia galanga rhizome oil