Arnica oil has a soft herbaceous-green character with a slightly camphoraceous, earthy undertone and a dry, hay-like facet. In isolation it reads more like a medicinal herb tincture than a bright aromatic — muted, faintly bitter, with a warm woody-vegetal drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 64.
Arnica Oil is a yellow-orange or greenish-blue colored liquid. Arnica Absolute or Arnica Resinoine are dark amber colored, viscous liquids.
The oil resembles that of chamomile with a certain woody-earthy undertone. The dryout is bitter, tea-like and very pleasant.
The flavor is slightly bitter, but rich and herbaceous, tea-like and pleasant.
Arnica Oil (from flowers) finds occasional use in perfumes of the herbaceous type, e.g. chypre, fougére, tabac, leather, colognes, etc.
It is also used in certain flavors for liqueurs.
It is steam distilled from the flowers of Arnica Montana.