Lovage Root Oil, derived from the roots of the Levisticum officinale plant, is a lesser-known essential oil in perfumery, classified under the category of other fragrance materials. It possesses a distinctive, earthy, and slightly herbal aroma, often described as reminiscent of celery or parsley, which can add depth and complexity to fragrance compositions. In perfumery, Lovage Root Oil is typically used in small quantities, often as a supporting note in green, aromatic, or herbal accords. Its unique scent profile can enhance the freshness of a fragrance while providing a grounding effect. While Lovage Root Oil is not commonly associated with significant safety concerns, it is advisable to use it in moderation, as with many essential oils, to avoid potential skin sensitization. As of the latest regulatory guidelines, it is important to consider any applicable IFRA restrictions when formulating with this ingredient, although specific restrictions may vary. Overall, Lovage Root Oil can be a valuable addition to a perfumer's palette, offering a unique character that can complement a variety of fragrance styles. — AI-generated summary, 2026-09-02.
Intensely herbaceous and celery-like with a warm, spicy-earthy character reminiscent of maggi seasoning and lovage broth. Develops a slightly musky, sweaty-animalic depth over time with dried-herb and root facets.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 247.
Lovage Oil is an amber to olive-brown colored liquid.
It has a very powerful and rich, spicy-warm, fresh-aromatic, intensely sweet and 'root-like' odor, suggestive of celery, angelica, licorice extract, deertongue oleoresin, etc.
The flavor is slightly pungent, but only in high concentrations. The warm-spicy and 'soup-like' celery note is predominant; the intensity is striking.
Lovage Oil is used in perfumes in minute amounts to produce 'special effects', or to lend warm background notes in spicy or Oriental bases. It gives interesting effects with rose bases and in carnation compositions, and it blends excellently with costus, galbanum, macrocyclic musks, opopanax, coumarin derivatives, oakmoss products, bay leaf oil, lavandin absolute, isoeugenol, cinnamic aldehyde and cinnamic alcohol, flouve oil.
In flavors, it gives rich body to essences for alcoholic beverages (liqueurs of the D.O.M. and similar types), and it is an excellent additive in spicy compounds for seasonings, pickles, meat sauces, etc. It gives interesting combinations with flouve oil, deertongue and bergamot oil for tobacco flavoring.
Lovage Root Oil is produced by steam distillation of the comminuted roots of Levisticum Officinale.
Restricted IFRA-standard materials typically present in this NCS at the listed concentrations.
| Constituent | CAS | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| 3-PROPYLIDENEPHTHALIDE | 17369-59-4 | 0.1% |