Cinnamon Leaf oil, ECOCERT, Madagascar

Category     Essential Oils

Species        Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume

                        (C. verum L. Presi), fam. Laureaceae

Part                Leaf

Country        Madagascar

Code             CinZeB7

Cinnamon Leaf oil, ECOCERT, Madagascar

The aroma is warm, and spicy but not nearly as sweet as cinnamon bark.  Cinnamon Leaf oil shares similar nuances with clove leaf but is yet uniquely cinnamon.  Cinnamon Leaf is also not as tenacious as the bark oil.  Cinnamon Leaf oil is understandable that clove leaf and cinnamon are similar since Eugenol is the main constituent in both.  This also tends to make them "heavy."  Clove and Cinnamon leaf blend well together.  Cinnamon leaf also blends well with citrus oils, especially good orange oil.  Several prominent soap makers use cinnamon leaf and orange blends in their products.  Cinnamon leaf also blends well with peppermint, bay, vanilla, and bitter almond.  Cinnamon leaf makes an excellent Potpourri.