Note · Aromatic herbs
Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
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Tarragon is a culinary herb with fine, elongated leaves. Distilled, it yields an essential oil with a green, aniseed, slightly peppery scent, recalling both fennel and liquorice. In perfumery it brings a bright, aromatic note to citrus openings and fougères.
What it brings
A green, aniseed freshness, bright and aromatic.
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Material profile
- Family
- Aromatic herbs
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Artemisia dracunculus
- Origin
- A perennial aromatic herb, grown in Europe and Asia.
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillation
- On Volute
- 3 fragrances