Botanical Name: Apium graveolens L.
Origin: India
Process: Steam Distilled Essential Oil
Plant Part: Seeds
Cultivation: Conventional
Use: Aromatherapy / Natural Perfumery. Always dilute.
Note: Middle Note
Aroma: Powerful, somewhat spicy, warm, slightly fatty aroma typical of celery; very diffusive and tenacious.
Overview
Celery Seed Essential Oil
Apium graveolens is a familiar biennial plant native to southern Europe and cultivated extensively as a domestic vegetable. Celery Seed essential oil possesses a spicy, warm, long-lasting aroma, and is used as a fragrance component in soaps, cosmetics, and perfumes.1 The essential oil is primarily produced in India, Holland, China, Hungary, and the US.2
Celery is particularly prized in India where the whole plant - roots, shoots, oil and seeds - supplies both food and medicine. In Ayurveda the seeds and seed extracts are used in regard to the nervous system and for inefficient water and digestive metabolism that often presents as puffiness in the skin or as intestinal gas. And just like the essential oils found in seeds from many traditional culinary herbs, Celery Seed essential oil is a suitable ally for the digestive system.3,4
In the essential oil, limonene is the dominant constituent at about 70%, which puts Celery Seed in the same league as the bright and refreshing citrus peel and fir needle oils. However it is the quiet and 'peppery' phthalides and β-selinene – influential secondary constituents – that are the critical actors here, imparting both the typical Celery fragrance and much of the therapeutic value.5
For information regarding the aromatherapeutic attributes of Celery Seed essential oil, please see:
Fragrance and Wellbeing - Plant Aromatics and Their Influence on the Psyche, Jennifer Peace Rhind, 2014, p. 211.
The Healing Intelligence of Essential Oils, Kurt Schnaubelt, 2011, pp. 133, 190, 195.
The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils, Julia Lawless, 2013, pp. 68-9.
Quick Reference Guide for 114 Important Essential Oils, Monika Haas, 2013, p. 14.
The Directory of Essential Oils, Wanda Sellar, 1994, pp. 34-5.
"Antiulcerogenic and antibacterial activities of Apium graveolens essential oil," S Baanaou, I Bouftira, et al., Natural Product Research, 2013, 27(12), http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2012.717284
Aromatic Profile: Powerful, somewhat spicy, warm, slightly fatty aroma typical of celery; very diffusive and tenacious.
Appearance: Transparent, mobile liquid.
Use: Aromatherapy, Natural Perfumery.
Blending Suggestions: Dilute very well and add drop by drop to your blends until the desired effect is achieved.
Blends Well With: Angelica Root, Basil, Chamomile, Coriander and other spices, Grapefruit, Lemon, Oakmoss, Orange, Palmarosa, Pine, Rosemary, Tea Tree, Verbena. "In perfumery, celery seed oil is used very frequently, but only in very small amounts [to] impart warm notes in floral and Oriental compositions, in lavender bouquets, in modern fantasy and aldehydic perfumes, etc. Carelessly used, it may easily ruin a perfume. Its diffusive power and great odor tenacity should not be underestimated."6
Safety Considerations: Skin sensitizer if oxidized, otherwise has GRAS status (Generally Recognized as Safe).7 Dilute before use. A patch test should be performed before use for those with sensitive skin.
1 Lawless, Julia. The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils, 2013, p. 69.
2 Ibid, p. 68.
3 Ibid, p. 68-9.
4 Lavabre, Marcel. Aromatherapy Workbook (revised edition), 1997, p. 101.
5 http://www.drvikram.com/celery.php
6 Arctander, Steffen. Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, 1960, pp. 149-51.
7 Tisserand, Robert and Rodney Young. Essential Oil Safety, 2nd ed., 2014, pp. 240-1.
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