Nigella sativa (black seed / black cumin) oil has a dark, oily-spicy character — pungent and peppery up front with a bitter, herbaceous edge, drying into a warm, earthy, faintly cumin-like seed note. Distinctly savory and medicinal, closer to carum/cumin territory than to sweet spices.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 274.
Oil of Nigella Sativa is a yellowish to dark amber-colored liquid.
The seeds of this plant lend a faint pepperiness, and a flavor which reminds slightly of cubeb.
An essential oil is produced by steam distillation, but the oil has, to the author’s knowledge, never been commercially available.
The seeds are used locally and in many European countries in household spices, usually blended in combination spices.
An essential oil is produced by steam distillation. A fixed oil is produced by hydraulic expression of the seeds.