Wild herb growing mainly in Spain (Murcia, Almeria and Granada provinces). The only part used is the leaves. Spanish sage has a camphoraceous, fresh odor with a cineole top note.
Spanish sage oil, obtained by steam distillation, is a slightly yellow liquid having a camphoraceous odor with a cineole top note.
It is a colorless to slightly yellowish oil. It is soluble in most fixed oils and in glycerin. It is soluble, usually with opalescence, in mineral oil and propylene glycol.
Found in the plant S. lavandulaefolia Vahl (or S. hispanorum Lag., Fam. Labiatae) (Guenther, 1949).
By distillation of S. lavandulaefolia Vahl (Gildemeister & Hoffman, 1961).
Essential oil composition
Main constituents include cineol, linalool, linalyl acetate, linalyl isovalerate, d-camphor, probably camphene, pinene and dipentene. Some oils from the Jaen province of Spain have been reported to exhibit a slight levo optical rotation.
