Clove Leaf Redistilled Indonesia

Syzygium aromaticum

Chemotype: eugenol-enriched rectified leaf type

clovesweetspicywarm

PLANT PART: leaf
EXTRACTION: steam distilled, then redistilled (rectified)
AROMA NOTE: mid-base

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clovesweetspicywarm

Aroma intensity: 80 / 100

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Note layer: mid-base

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Cited dermal maximum · leave-on: 0.59%
Phototoxicity: Not flagged in this profile
Oxidation risk: medium

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Not phototoxic. The 0.59% value is a derived oil-level ceiling based on the public 0.5% eugenol dermal limit and the cited redistilled-grade eugenol maximum of 85.30%.

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moderateHigh-eugenol clove oils may inhibit blood clotting and pose a drug-interaction hazard.
moderateHigh-eugenol clove oils should not be used topically on very young children.

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Public web sources verified in this pass identify the Indonesian redistilled grade as a rectified clove leaf oil that concentrates eugenol and removes some unwanted volatiles. However, the public sources retrieved did not expose a full GC-MS table for the redistilled Indonesia grade; only restricted-component maxima and product-grade names were accessible without supplier-gated documents. Beta-caryophyllene, alpha-humulene, eugenyl acetate, and caryophyllene oxide were added using Jirovetz et al. 2006 (a peer-reviewed GC-MS study of commercial rectified clove leaf oil, JAFC) for the caryophyllene/humulene ratio-adjustment anchor, and EFSA/FEFANA 2023 (EFSA Journal regulatory opinion, PMC10375362, Table 7) for eugenyl acetate and caryophyllene oxide ranges from six commercial clove leaf oil batches. Because redistillation to reach this record's 85.3% eugenol level removes proportionally more sesquiterpene volatiles than the 76.8%-eugenol Jirovetz rectified reference, beta-caryophyllene and alpha-humulene were scaled conservatively downward from their cited reference values rather than using the reference values directly.

Constituent	Typical amount	Reported range	Chemical family	Source
Eugenol	85.3%	85–87%	Phenols	View source The Good Scents Company clove leaf oil page; Citrus and Allied product list https://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/es1030071.html (clove leaf has higher eugenol content 85/87%; eugenol max found 85.30%) ; https://citrusandallied.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Spice-Essential-Oil-Product-List-CA.pdf (Oil Clove Leaf Redistilled Indonesian 85/87% FCC)
Isoeugenol	0.05%	0–0.1%	Phenylpropanoids	View source The Good Scents Company clove leaf oil page https://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/es1030071.html (isoeugenol max found <0.10%; pct_typical set to midpoint of upper-bound-only estimate because no distinct typical value was published)
Methyl eugenol	0.05%	0–0.1%	Phenylpropanoids	View source The Good Scents Company clove leaf oil page https://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/es1030071.html (methyl eugenol max found <0.10%; pct_typical set to midpoint of upper-bound-only estimate because no distinct typical value was published)
Benzyl alcohol	1.25%	0–2.5%	Aromatic alcohols	View source The Good Scents Company clove leaf oil page https://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/es1030071.html (benzyl alcohol max found <2.50%; pct_typical set to midpoint of upper-bound-only estimate because no distinct typical value was published)
beta-Caryophyllene	7%	6–8%	Sesquiterpenes	View source Chemical composition and antioxidant properties of clove leaf essential oil (Jirovetz et al. 2006); ratio-adjusted from Bud, leaf and stem essential oil composition of clove from Indonesia, Madagascar and Zanzibar (Razafimamonjison et al., crude Indonesia leaf oil baseline) Jirovetz, L. et al., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2006, 54(17), 6303-6307, DOI 10.1021/jf060608c, PMID 16910723 (commercial rectified clove leaf oil: eugenol 76.8%, beta-caryophyllene 17.4%); ratio of beta-caryophyllene to eugenol from this rectified reference (17.4/76.8=0.227) applied to crude Indonesia leaf oil baseline in Razafimamonjison et al. (https://afs4food.cirad.fr/content/download/4416/33602/version1/file/Razafimamonjison%2C%2Bessential%2Boil%2Bof%2Bclove%2Bfrom%2BIndonesia%2C%2BMadagascar%2Band%2BZanzibar.pdf, Table 3, Indonesia leaf oil beta-caryophyllene 17.04-19.53%, mean 18.09%) and scaled down for this record's higher 85.3% eugenol rectified grade to a conservative 6-8% estimate range, consistent with the inverse eugenol/caryophyllene relationship documented across both sources
alpha-Humulene (alpha-caryophyllene)	0.4%	0.3–0.5%	Sesquiterpenes	View source Chemical composition and antioxidant properties of clove leaf essential oil (Jirovetz et al. 2006) Jirovetz, L. et al., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2006, 54(17), 6303-6307, DOI 10.1021/jf060608c, PMID 16910723 (commercial rectified clove leaf oil: alpha-humulene 2.1% at 76.8% eugenol; value scaled down proportionally for this record's higher 85.3% eugenol rectified grade, consistent with EFSA/FEFANA 2023 crude leaf oil range of 1.10-2.03%, PMC10375362, Table 7)
Eugenyl acetate (acetyl eugenol)	0.4%	0.02–1.47%	Phenylpropanoids	View source Safety and efficacy of feed additives consisting of essential oils derived from the flower buds or the leaves of Syzygium aromaticum (clove bud oil and clove leaf oils) for all animal species (FEFANA asbl), EFSA Journal 2023 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10375362/ (Table 7, Section 3.3.1, Characterisation of clove leaf oil, GC-MS of six commercial batches: eugenyl acetate mean 0.70%, range 0.02-1.47%; also consistent with ISO 3141:1997 Oil of clove leaves spec of eugenyl acetate <=1%)
Caryophyllene oxide	0.15%	0.09–1.03%	Sesquiterpene oxides	View source Safety and efficacy of feed additives consisting of essential oils derived from the flower buds or the leaves of Syzygium aromaticum (clove bud oil and clove leaf oils) for all animal species (FEFANA asbl), EFSA Journal 2023 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10375362/ (Table 7, Section 3.3.1, Characterisation of clove leaf oil, GC-MS of six commercial batches: beta-caryophyllene epoxide/caryophyllene oxide mean 0.44%, range 0.09-1.03%; conservative low-end estimate used for this higher-eugenol rectified grade)

Profile source: The Good Scents Company clove leaf oil page; Citrus and Allied product list; Global Essential Oil clove comparison article; Tisserand Institute Essential Oil Dilution Chart · https://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/es1030071.html ; https://citrusandallied.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Spice-Essential-Oil-Product-List-CA.pdf ; https://globalessentialoil.id/clove-bud-oil-vs-clove-leaf-oil/ ; https://tisserandinstitute.org/essential-oil-dilution-chart/

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No public GC-MS table verified in this pass exposed a full composition range for the Indonesian redistilled leaf grade; supplier-gated GC-MS or COA is the missing source type.
No public source verified in this pass gave a directly measured leave-on dermal maximum for clove leaf redistilled oil itself; 0.59% is a derived ceiling from the eugenol limit and the cited redistilled-grade eugenol maximum.
No public source verified in this pass gave a directly measured 0-100 odor intensity; 80 is a normalization of the product's strong spicy-warm odor descriptions.
No public source verified in this pass gave volatility-rate or tenacity-hour values for the Indonesian redistilled leaf grade.
No direct phototoxic dermal maximum was published for this oil in the reviewed sources because clove leaf oil is not treated as a phototoxic material.
No real cited leave-on dermal caps were found for isoeugenol, methyl eugenol, or benzyl alcohol in the reviewed sources, so those constituent limits remain null.