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Botanical Name: Illicium verum
Plant Part: Leaf/Fruit
Country of Origin: China
Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation
The essential oil of anise star resides in the pericarp, not in the seed. This essential oil offers a spicy, warm, licorice-like aroma like anise seed, but slightly stronger.
Star Anise oil is used almost exclusively as a flavor material in candy, licorice, toothpaste flavors, etc. Keep in mind that we don’t offer any of our products for ingestion! Please allow experienced professionals to use this oil in a responsible manner. Inexperienced users should stay away from this oil.
Anise Star blends well with fennel, petitgrain and rosewood. Flash point: 182F.
Anise Star essential oil may solidify at 59 deg. F or below and this is a normal occurrence while in transit to, or in storage at, very cold locations. Warm the container in which the oil was received until the oil turns liquid, shake gently and use.
Per Robert Tisserand:
Contraindications (all routes): Pregnancy, breastfeeding, endometriosis, estrogen-dependent cancers, children under 5 years of age.
Cautions: Diabetes medication, anticoagulant medication, major surgery, peptic ulcer, hemophiles, other bleeding disorders.
Maximum dermal use level: EU 10%, ifra 0.15%, Tisserand & Young 1.75%.
Key constituent: (E)-Anethole 71.2-91.8%.
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Simon Bergeron (Montréal, QC, CA) | August 14th, 2016
Star anise oil has a sweet and warm scent. Due to some other reviews, I thought it would have a denser smell, but finally, compared to other oils such as allspice or clove buds, it’s rather light, even watery in some way. This oil has a little fresh side, but it’s warmed up by the spicy feeling. Because of the name, I thought it would have a strong anise/liquorice smell, but for me, star anise EO smells more like a mix of clove buds that would have been tuned down and aniseeds. The mix is in harmony though, and neither side clashes with the whole effect. It’s a very nice scent.
julie lisenby (Greenville, SC, US) | June 22nd, 2010
I used anise in a goat's milk soap with orange, cinnamon, clove, and allspice. The soap came out very well. The fragrance is so calming and rich and earthy. Anise is detectable but excluding the orange, the other eo's dominate.
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TERMINOLOGY:
EO = essential oil
FO = fragrance oil
HOW PRODUCTS ARE DISPENSED...
BOTTLING/PACKAGING:
Essential oils: in 1/32 oz. to 1/4 oz...amber glass vials with orifice reducers. ½ oz. to 2 oz...in amber glass bottles with white caps and Eurodroppers...3 to 4 oz. in amber glass bottles with black caps and without orifice reducers...7 oz. in aluminum bottles...15 oz. in amber glass bottles with black caps...10 & 25 lbs. in HDPE plastic containers with wide mouths although, occasionally, 25 lbs. may be dispensed in factory-issued metal containers with pouring spouts.
28 lbs. of carrier oils and other liquids are dispensed in individual HDPE plastic gallon containers with handles, each holds the purchased net weight of liquid.
30+ lbs. of carrier oils, other liquids, soft butters, Castile gel and other products are dispensed in plastic HDPE pails w/metal handles & pouring spouts in the lid; those products may remain inside the pails indefinitely when properly stored. After Covid, we reserve the right to use any packaging/dispensing container available to us and not mentioned above because it continues to be difficult many times to restock the same packaging container or material used in the past.
NOTE: An EO may safely remain inside an aluminum container for up to 3 months, but if storing longer than 3 months the oil should be transferred to amber glass. Fragrances and carrier oils up to 8 lbs. may remain inside HDPE plastic bottles indefinitely. If the customer at any time feels more comfortable transferring a product to glass this should be done. ALL PRODUCTS ARE DISPENSED BY WEIGHT, THUS, SOME CONTAINERS MAY BE FILLED HIGHER THAN OTHERS DEPENDING ON THE WEIGHT AND VISCOSITY OF EACH PRODUCT.
Raw materials/ingredients are dispensed by weight. Many customers ask how many ounces in a pound, there are 16 ounces in one pound. These are not fluid ounces, they are ounces by weight.
HOW TO STORE: EOs, FOs and BUTTERS should be stored in tightly-sealed containers away from direct light and heat. Some EOs could be highly flammable, keep away from open flames. Keep all liquids and powders you purchase from Camden-Grey tightly capped and away from the reach of children, the elderly or infirm and pets. Refrigerating butters could adversely affect the consistency of the butter, please join our Forum if you need to learn how to handle, work with and store products. The link is towards the top right green section of our pages.
(Rev. 6/13/23)