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Ingredient profile · Aromatic

Lemon verbena

Lemon-like, grassy and softly fruity.

Illustrative scent study of lemon verbena

Offers a lemon-associated direction with a distinctly herbal frame. It can help explain the difference between smelling like citrus and being extracted from citrus fruit.

Botanical reference
Aloysia citriodora
Source part
Leaves and twigs
Olfactory family
Aromatic
Materials & processing
Steam distillation for essential oil

Understanding the material

The Biolandes product specification identifies Aloysia citriodora and leaves with branches. Common names involving verbena can be ambiguous, so this profile concerns lemon verbena rather than every plant called vervain. Its lemon and grass associations come from the aromatic plant, not from added lemon juice or peel.

A smelling observation

Compare lemon verbena with lemon, petitgrain and basil. Does the freshness feel most leafy, peel-like or aromatic?

Explore the relationships

Continue with Lemon, Petitgrain bigarade, Basil. These connections are comparisons for studying finished fragrances, rather than mixing instructions.

Technical references

Supplier references describe their specific materials. Images are illustrative scent studies and do not certify species, provenance, grade or ingredients in a finished perfume.