Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) oil — a sharp, fresh herbaceous scent with a distinctive camphoraceous-medicinal bite and cool green undertones. Chamazulene content gives it a subtle sweet-hay nuance beneath the pungent top, drying down to a soft, dry herbal character.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 262.
Milfoil Oil is a dark blue or greenish blue to dark olive colored liquid.
The oil has a sharp, somewhat camphoraceous odor, drying out in a sweeter, faint and pleasant note. The overall odor may recall the odors of cedarleaf and tansy, Texas cedarwood (faintly) and valerian (but without any acid notes).
The oil could find some use in perfumery for its unique fresh-herbaceous note.
Steam distillation of the dried herb takes place occasionally in Germany, France, Hungary and Yugoslavia.