- Botanical Name: Anthemis nobilis / Chamaemelum nobile
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Flowers/Buds
- Color: Gray/Very Pale Blue
- Consistency: Thin
- Perfumery Note: Middle
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium - Strong
- Aromatic Description: Bright, crisp, sweet, fruity, herbaceous.
- Chamomile Oil Uses: Abscesses, allergies, arthritis, boils, colic, cuts, cystitis, dermatitis, dysmenorrhea, earache, flatulence, hair, headache, inflamed skin, insect bites, insomnia, nausea, neuralgia, PMS, rheumatism, sores, sprains, strains, stress, wounds. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 56-67.]
- Major Constituents: Isobutyl angelate Butyl angelate 3-Methylpentyl angelate Isobutyl butyrate Isoamyl angelate
Safety Information: Tisserand and Young do not indicate any special precautions when using Roman Chamomile Oil. However, 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), 244.] Roman Chamomile Oil may cause dermatitis in some individuals according to Julia Lawless. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 109.]
