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Turmeric oil

Say itTUR-mur-ik oil

Earthy-woody ginger-like spice with a dry, orange-peel note.

What it is

Natural oil from rhizomes of Curcuma longa.

Where it comes from

India

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Adds dry, earthy spice and golden woody warmth to spicy and woody accords.

Worth knowing

Turmeric's yellow pigment, curcumin, does not distil, so the oil comes out pale.

Also called

Curcuma longa rhizome oil