Allspice (Leaf) Essential Oil

Product Details Allspice Essential Oil Benefits, Uses, and Blends Scientific Name: Pimenta Dioica from the Genus Myrtaceae. Origin: Jamaica Plant Part: Leaf Scent: Warm, Spicy, Woody, Allspice Essential Oil has a sharp, pungent aroma, but it is sweet and spicy, almost like a cross between cinnamon and cloves. Color: Dark Brown Consistency: Thin Perfumery Note: Middle note Initial Aroma Strength: Pungent Extraction Method: Steam Distillation Allspice Essential Oil Blends Well With Citrus oils, other spices, floral notes with a rosy aspect like rose, geranium, or palmarosa, and woodies. Allspice Essential Oil Composition Taking a look at the GC MS we can see the chemistry is very much weighted towards one constituent, and what a constituent it is! One of the most powerful natural antimicrobials we have discovered. Eugenol 82 % Methyl Eugenol 12% Beta Caryophyllene 6.4% Alpha Humulene 0.99% The Emotional and Mental Aspects of Allspice Essential Oil Let’s address this first because if we are not careful, the excitement of the science of allspice essential oil is going to bury the mental and emotional aspects of this oil, and yet how it makes you feel is incredibly valid. Excitement is a good description although it’s not quite there. I would say a better description is anticipation … That little flutter of excitement that something delicious is coming. Christmas twinkle that suddenly overcomes you and you suddenly feel a tremble of delight. Something’s just around the corner. You can feel it getting closer and it feels wonderful. This is why allspice essential oil is a beautiful oil to use if you feel melancholy, despairing, or simply stuck in a rut. Likewise, it’s a delicious aphrodisiac oil if it’s all been a bit same-y and predictable for a while. (If you are thinking of using it this way, please see the section on precautions of using this oil.) Historical Uses of Allspice Essential Oil The allspice tree, also known as the Pimento Berry Tree is native to Central America and the West Indies . Its name derives from the berries which can be dried and are flavored like a combination of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg when they are ground down. This is the quintessential Christmas smell in Britain since allspice is the primary ingredient of mincemeat and is also used as a pickling spice, another ingredient of Christmas teas! Important in Jamaican cuisine, this is also the spice of Jerk Chicken.  In Arab cuisine from the Levant, allspice features as the single spice in dishes giving them warmth and spice and a sense of the exotic. We say Pimento Berry tree , but actually, it is an evergreen shrub, part of the myrtle family, although this shrub can grow to as tall as 60 ft high. Its large leaves are deep green oval and glossy like a laurel, and berries form clusters of white asterism flowers. As stated, this oil is steam-distilled from the leaves of the tree. Traditional Medicine of Allspice Allspice is an important ingredient of the traditional medicine o