- 100% pure Cassis Bark essential oil.
- Botanical Name: Cinnamomum cassia
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Bark
- Color: Golden Yellow/Brown
- Consistency: Medium
- Perfumery Note: Middle
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Sharp/Strong
- Aromatic Description: Resembling cinnamon oils in aroma, cassia is sometimes used as an economical substitute for fragrancing applications. Spicy, sweet, woodsy, earthy.
- Cassia Oil Uses: Fragrancing, indigestion, gas, colic, diarrhea, rheumatism, cold/flu. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 112.]
- Major Constituents: (E)-Cinnamaldehyde (Z)-Cinnamaldehyde (E)-Cinnamyl acetate Benzaldehyde 2-Phenylethyl acetate
Safety Information: Tisserand and Young caution that there is a high risk of skin sensitization when using Cassia Oil (the bark or leaf oil) and recommend a dermal maximum of 0.05%. They indicate that it may inhibit blood clotthing and that it is contraindicated in pregnancy/breastfeeding. Avoid use with children under 2. Reading Tisserand and Young's full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 235.]
