- 100% pure Nutmeg essential oil.
- Botanical Name: Myristica fragrans
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Seeds
- Color: Clear
- Consistency: Thin
- Perfumery Note: Middle
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium - Strong
- Aromatic Description: Rich, spicy, sweet, woody. Similar to the cooking spice, but richer and more fragrant.
- Nutmeg Oil Uses: Arthritis, constipation, fatigue, muscle aches, nausea, neralgia, poor circulation, rheumatism, slow digestion. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 60-67.]
- Major Constituents of East Indian Nutmeg Oil: Sabinene a-Pinene B-Pinene Myristicin Terpinene-4-ol Gamma-Terpinene Linalool (+)-Limonene a-Phellandrene a-Terpinene Safrole a-Thujene Methyleugenol (reported for East Indian Nutmeg Oil)
Safety Information: Tisserand and Young warn that Nutmeg Essential Oil is potentially carcinogenic and can be psychotropic in high doses. They recommend a dermal maximum of 0.8% for East Indian and 5% for West Indian Nutmeg Oils. 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), 366-367.]
