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Tuberose oil is extracted from Polianthes tuberosa of the Agavaceae family and is also known as tuberosa and tubereuse.
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Tuberose oil has a slightly spicy, heavy, sweet fragrance.
Tuberose is a tender, tall, slim perennial with long slender leaves, a tuberous root and large, very fragrant, white lily-like flowers and grows wild in Central America.
It is cultivated all over the world for the cut flower trade, but specially in Egypt, China, France and Morocco for its oil.
A concrete and absolute is extracted by solvent extraction from the fresh flowers, picked before the petals open.
The main chemical components are menthyl benzoate, menthyl anthranilate, benzyl alcohol, butyric acid, eugenol, nerol, farnesol and geraniol.
Tuberose oil is not normally used in aromatherapy but in the perfume industry as a component of good quality perfumes and is said to have narcotic properties, although proper safety data is not available.
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