Spearmint China Mentha spicata var. crispa ESSENTIAL OIL 80%

ABOUT SPEARMINT Spearmint is one of the group of mints distilled for the aroma of their essential oils, including peppermint and Mentha arvensis. It is a fast-growing herbaceous plant that proliferates through growing suckers. The dark-green leaves are toothed and wavy and the flower spikes bear small purple, pink, or white flowers. The above-ground parts of the plant are reaped and partially dried. Distillation of spearmint is followed by a rectification process to control the presence of the main molecule, carvone. Spearmint essential oil has a characteristic herbaceous, minty fragrance.

Spearmint is native to Europe. Since being introduced in the United States, it has become the most important essential oil for the country’s flavors and fragrances industry. Spearmint is also produced in great quantities in China. The origin of the common name “mint” comes from Greek mythology. The naiad Minthe (also Mentha and Mintha) engaged in a passionate, but illicit, affair with Hades, god of the Underworld. Persephone, his lawful wife, punished Minthe by changing her into an insignificant little plant. Hades, to assuage his grief, endowed the plant with a powerful fragrance, one, it is said, that is able to stoke the fires of love.

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THE FRAGRANCE Fresh, strong, spearmint is a tool of choice in many musky colognes or in the orientals.

AROMATIC Minty Spearmint China Spearmint essential oil

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Essential oil 80%

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OLFACTORY PROFIL GLOBAL DATA

Aromatic, minty, milky, green, CAS TSCA: 8008-79-5 spearminty. CAS EINECS: 84696-51-5 EINECS : 946-253-9 (283-656-2) Head Heart Base FEMA: 3032 FDA: 182.200 CoE: 286n TENACITY INCI: Mentha spicata herb oil

1 hour Resource: Cultivated 2 hours Processed plant part: Flowering tops 3 hours 6 hours Transformation process: Rectification of the 1 day essential oil 2 days Appearance: Colorless to ambry yellow liquid 3 days Main constituents: Laevo-carvone, limonene 4 days 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks 1 month * Tenacity of characteristic notes