Chamomile Oil Blue (German) (aromatherapy)

Also called “Hungarian” Chamomile Oil or “Blue” Chamomile Oil, this oil is distilled from the true pharmaceutical chamomile, Matricaria Chamomilla, which grows all over Europe, particularly in central and northern Europe.

Steam distilled chamomile oil is, when fresh, a deep ink-blue, somewhat viscous liquid of intensely sweet, herbaceous-coumarin-like odor with a fresh-fruity undertone. In a pure and undiluted state, the sweetness and odor-intensity of this oil is almost sickening, nauseating. The dryout of a mellow and aged oil is pleasant, sweet tobacco-like and warm, but in freshly distilled oils there is often an obnoxiously animal- sweet, amine-like note. The flavor is warm, but somewhat bitter and strongly herbaceous.

Arctander, Steffen . Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin (p. 183). 

matricaria recutita
matricaria chamomilla

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(synonym: Matricaria recutita), commonly known as chamomile (also spelled camomile), Italian camomilla, German chamomile, Hungarian chamomile (kamilla), wild chamomile or scented mayweed is an annual plant of the composite family Asteraceae. M. chamomilla is the most popular source of the herbal product chamomile.

Chamomile blue refers to chamazulene, the purified, deep-blue essential oil derived using steam distillation, rather than the plant itself.

CAS Number

8002-66-2
Binomial name

matricaria chamomilla
synonym: matricaria recutita)
Odour description

at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. herbal sweet medicinal phenolic fruity green tea algae
Luebke, William tgsc, (1985)
Taste description

herbal green weedy oily cognac medicinal woody
Luebke, William tgsc, (1985)