Coriander (Leaf) Essential Oil

Product Details Cilantro Essential Oil: Uses, Benefits, and Blends Scientific Name: Coriandrum Sativum Origin: Egypt Plant Part: Leaf Scent: Fresh, green, spicy Color: Pale green Consistency: Thin Perfumery Note: Top Initial Aroma Strength: Moderate Extraction Method: Steam Distillation Suitable Blending Oils: Herbaceous fragrances like hyssop and chamomile, spices like clove leaf, citruses like lime, conifer fragrances, and resins like frankincense Coriander Leaf / Cilantro Essential Oil From A Contrary Herb Everything about cilantro essential oil is divisive. Even the naming. Should we call this oil coriander leaf or cilantro? For this article, we’ll mainly refer to the oil as cilantro oil to help discern it better from coriander  seed Essential Oil, but this is purely because the herb is better known as cilantro in the States. Cilantro oil and coriander leaf Essential Oil are the same thing, and they come from the same plant as coriander seed Essential Oil. That said, coriander seed Essential Oil and coriander leaf/cilantro Essential Oils are extremely different, too. Both oils are excellent for digestive issues…but that is where the similarities lie. Actually, they even disagree as to treating digestive issues better in some people than in others, and we’ll address this as we go along. Likewise, we’ll talk about what cilantro Essential Oil smells like, because there are polarized opinions on that, too. Breaking Down the Cilantro Essential Oil’s Chemical Components (E)-2-Decenal: 26.8–46.5% Decanal: 4.4–18.0% Linalool: 4.3–17.5% Octanal: 0.5–11.2% (E)-2-Dodecenal: 2.7–10.3% 2-Decen-1-ol  < 9.2% Coriander seed Essential Oil is primarily made up of aldehydes. This group brings freshness and vitality to the scent but also has strong antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties, as well as being able to bring about hormonal balance. ( Aljaafari, 2022 ) Compare this coriander seed oil, which has high levels of linalool. These are very different oils. Historical Uses of Cilantro Essential Oil There is very little written about Cilantro Essential Oil; much more is written about coriander seed oil. So, it may be tempting to imagine that the properties are similar. However, they are really not. Consider that cilantro oil is taken when the leaves are new and fresh. Coriander seed oil is taken as it has flowered, gone to seed, and is starting to die off. Imagine the daily chores the plant went through. It needed to seduce pollinators, repel nibbling insects, deter butterflies from laying eggs on it… It had to make an awful lot of chemical changes in those rites of passage. But we are interested in the young, vibrant, sassy herb before all those changes took place. The Roman herbalist Pliny wrote: ‘vis magna ad refrigerandos ardores viridi’ (‘while green, it is possessed of very cooling and refreshing properties’)[ 2 ]. While green…that’s what we want, isn’t it? Remarkably, when it turns to seed, the essential oil of coriander seed Essential Oil then bec