Note · Aromatic herbs
Carrot seed
Daucus carota
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Carrot seed oil has an earthy, woody, slightly sweet scent, recalling iris with its powdery facet. It gives body and depth to floral and woody accords.
What it brings
An earthy, powdery depth.
Origins and uses
Wild carrot, Daucus carota, is a plant of the carrot family probably native to western Asia or the Near East, now found in all temperate and warm regions of the world. It bears broad umbels of small white flowers, often with a tiny purple flower in the centre, followed by small oval fruits that each contain two seeds. The cultivated carrot is a subspecies of it.
In perfumery, these seeds are distilled to obtain a yellow to orange-brown essential oil with a woody, earthy, sweet smell, whose main constituent is said to be carotol. It is also used to flavour certain foods. Its note, both rooty and slightly fruity, is somewhat reminiscent of orris; it is used mainly in the heart of compositions.
In our catalogue, carrot seed appears in the heart of two fragrances by Memo Paris: Menorca, with neroli and orris, and Abu Dhabi, with date, plum and davana.
Text written with the help of AI, based on reference sources: encyclopedias, raw-material manufacturers and official information from the fragrance houses.
Material profile
- Family
- Aromatic herbs
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Daucus carota
- Origin
- Wild carrot seeds, distilled notably in France and India.
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillation
- On Volute
- 4 fragrances