Original information from Kobashi Official Website:
LATIN NAME: Eugenia caryophyllata
SOURCE: steamed distilled from the dried buds
COLOUR: Clear light amber
ORIGIN: Indonesia
AROMA: Characteristic of fresh ground cloves, heady, rich creamy warm, sweet and spicy
QUALITIES: Warming and stimulating. Ideal for a warming massage, ideal in a muscle rub. This oil must be well diluted if used on the skin. Vaporize during winter months when many people are suffering from colds and flu. Clove is a powerful antiseptic, a 1% solution is four times more effective than phenol, and may well be of use in hospitals and other institutions where mutated bacteria are a problem. Used in dentistry, toothpaste, beverages and soaps. Repels insects. Blends well with orange, nutmeg and cinnamon.
A member of the Myrtaceae family, native to Indonesia, it is a slender evergreen tree growing up to twelve metres high, it has bright green leaves standing in pairs on short stems. At the start of the rainy season long buds appear with rosy-pink corolla at the tip; as the corolla fades the calyx slowly turns deep red. These are beaten from the tree, and when dried provide cloves which are sold as a spice, ground and whole. Three types of oil are produced from the same tree; Clovebud, clove leaf and stem. Leaf and stem oil should not be used in Aromatherapy.
