The plate: rosemary
Planche XXI · RomarinRosemary · Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis)

Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · top note

Rosemary oil

Fresh camphor-cineole herb; clean, piney, slightly woody-medicinal.

What it is
Natural oil from steam-distilled flowering tops.
Where it comes from
Morocco, Tunisia, Spain
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Classic cologne herb: adds sharp, invigorating aromatic freshness to citrus and lavender accords.
Worth knowing
Legendary 'Hungary Water', often called the first alcohol-based perfume, was made primarily with rosemary.
Also called
Rosmarinus officinalis (Salvia rosmarinus); cineole and camphor types