Perfumery and Essential Oil Plants

Perfumery plants in a market in the Sudanand a person who prepares perfumes
Image courtesy of Dr. Dorothea Bedigian.

Commercial perfumes, perfume, another perfume, yet another perfume
Images courtesy of Dr. Ken Robertson.

Grasse, France, and a perfume laboratory, a still for preparing essential oils, essential oils, a "nose"

Enfleurage, lard and flowers, recovered lard or pomade

Iris sp., iris, Iridaceae, irises, orris root, fixatives for perfumes, fixatives for perfumes

Rosa damascena, rose, Rosaceae, flower, harvest of rose petals, rose petals

Jasminum grandiflorum, jasmine, Oleaceae, jasmine flowers,plant with flowers, fields in Provence

Viola papilionacea, Violaceae, violet plants with flowers
Image courtesy of Dr. Anita Brinker

Cananga odorata, ylang-ylang, Annonaceae, branch with flowers, putting flowers in still

Pogostemon cablin, patchouli, Lamiaceae, plant with flowers

Citrus aurantium, Seville orange>, Rutaceae, flowers

Lavandula vera, lavender, Lamiaceae, field, plant with flowers, lavender perfume

Acacia farnesiana, cassie, Fabaceae, plants in flower, perfume

Santalum album, sandalwood, Santalaceae, branch with flowers

Cymbopogon nardus, citronella, Poaceae, drawing of plants

Syringa vulgaris, lilac, Oleaceae, branch with flowers

Citrus aurantium, Seville orange, Rutaceae, fruits

Citrus paridisi, grapefruit, Rutaceae, fruits

Eucalyptus globulis, eucalyptus, branch in flower, trees

Cinnamomum camphorum, camphor tree, Lauraceae, branch with flowers

Sassafras albidum, sassafras, Lauraceae, tree

Juniperus virginiana, cedar, Cupressaceae, a gymnosperm

Terpentine from Pinus sp. in India
Image courtesy of Dr. Ted Hymowitz

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Revised February 2005

© David S. Seigler, Integrative Biology 363, Plants and Their Uses, Department of Plant Biology, 265 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. 217-333-7577. seigler@life.uiuc.edu.