Basil oil is obtained by steam distillation of flowering tops of Ocimum Basilicum. It grows in Reunion,Comores,Madagaskar and Seychelles.
Basil oil is widely used in making fragrances. Due to its scarcity, higher price, increasing demand, there is urgent need to find-out a substitute for this. We can create the artificial Basil oil by using the following ingradients. These ingredients are cheap & easily available in the market. The aroma of this artificial Basil oil is comparable to the natural one to an extent of 90-95% . Hence ,we recommend the perfumers to use the following formula to make the artificial Basil oil .It can be used along with the natural oil to cut down the cost of the natural oil in formulations.
Formula
1] ALPHA PINENE 0.3
2] CAMPHENE 0.1
3] BETA PINENE 0.38
4] MYRECENE 0.32
5] LIMONENE 4.94
6] CIS - OCIMENE 1.19
7] p-CYMENE 0.16
8] CIS - 3- HEXENOL 0.07
9] FENCHYL ACETATE 0.11
10] CAMPHOR 0.75
11] LINALOOL 48.09
12] FENCHYL ALCOHOL 6.29
13] METHYL CHAVICOL 2.38
14] ALPHA - TERPINEOL 1.9
15] CITRONELLOL 3.69
16] GERANIOL 0.38
17] METHYL CINNAMATE 0.34
18] EUGENOL 5.9