Lemon Verbena

Aloysia citrodora

Chemotype: citral-rich type

sweetfreshcitruslemonyherbaceous

PLANT PART: leaves
EXTRACTION: steam distilled
AROMA NOTE: top

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sweetfreshcitruslemonyherbaceous

Aroma intensity: 80 / 100

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Note layer: top

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Cited dermal maximum · leave-on: 0.9%
Phototoxicity: Phototoxic — use caution
Maximum for sun-exposed skin: 0.9%
Oxidation risk: medium

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AromaWeb summarizes Tisserand and Young as classing lemon verbena as slightly phototoxic and giving a dermal maximum of 0.9%.

Contraindications & cautions

moderateAromaWeb summarizes Tisserand and Young as recommending caution on hypersensitive, diseased, or damaged skin and with children under age 2 because lemon verbena may be slightly phototoxic.

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About this composition

This record is anchored to AromaWeb's live profile for Lemon Verbena Essential Oil plus the peer-reviewed leaf-oil study cited there. The public composition is consistently citral-forward, with geranial and neral dominant and limonene, zingiberene, germacrene D, and sabinene appearing as recurrent supporting markers. AromaWeb identifies the oil as steam-distilled from leaves and gives the profile a top-note, strong-aroma classification.

Constituent	Typical amount	Reported range	Chemical family	Source
Geranial	32.75%	26.8–38.7%	monoterpene aldehyde	View source Chemical composition of the essential oil from leaves of Lippia citriodora H.B.K. (Verbenaceae) at two developmental stages https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305197807001512 (public abstract summary cited by AromaWeb; geranial 38.7% in May and 26.8% in September)
Neral	23.15%	21.8–24.5%	monoterpene aldehyde	View source Chemical composition of the essential oil from leaves of Lippia citriodora H.B.K. (Verbenaceae) at two developmental stages https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305197807001512 (public abstract summary cited by AromaWeb; neral 24.5% in May and 21.8% in September)
Limonene	11.75%	5.8–17.7%	monoterpene hydrocarbon	View source Chemical composition of the essential oil from leaves of Lippia citriodora H.B.K. (Verbenaceae) at two developmental stages https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305197807001512 (public abstract summary cited by AromaWeb; limonene 5.8% in May and 17.7% in September)
Zingiberene	—	—	sesquiterpene hydrocarbon	View source Lemon Verbena Essential Oil: Benefits, Uses & Insights https://www.aromaweb.com/essential-oils/lemon-verbena-essential-oil.php (Major Constituents list includes Zingiberene)
Germacrene D	3.1%	—	sesquiterpene hydrocarbon	View source Chemical composition of the essential oil from leaves of Lippia citriodora H.B.K. (Verbenaceae) at two developmental stages https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305197807001512 (public abstract summary cited by AromaWeb; germacrene D 3.1%)
Sabinene	—	—	monoterpene hydrocarbon	View source Lemon Verbena Essential Oil: Benefits, Uses & Insights https://www.aromaweb.com/essential-oils/lemon-verbena-essential-oil.php (Major Constituents list includes Sabinene)

Profile source: Lemon Verbena Essential Oil: Benefits, Uses & Insights; Chemical composition of the essential oil from leaves of Lippia citriodora H.B.K. (Verbenaceae) at two developmental stages · https://www.aromaweb.com/essential-oils/lemon-verbena-essential-oil.php (steam distilled from leaves; top note; strong aroma; lemony/herbaceous description; safety summary and major constituents; lines 37, 68-74, 89-99, 113-132); https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305197807001512

What we're still learning · 3 data gaps

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No public source reviewed in this pass published a native 0-100 odor-intensity metric; 80 is an archive normalization of AromaWeb's qualitative 'Strong' band.
No verified public source reviewed in this pass published volatility-rate or tenacity-hour measurements for lemon verbena oil.
Publicly accessible composition remains partial; the record is anchored to the most consistently cited citral-forward constituents rather than a lot-specific Morocco assay.