Sage oil
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Sage oils are essential oils that come in several varieties:
Also called English, Garden, and True sage oil. Made by steam distillation of Salvia officinalis partially dried leaves. Yields range from 0.5 to 1.0%. A colorless to yellow liquid with a warm camphoraceous, thujone-like odor ("thujonic, cedar, eucalyptus, rosemary, juniper, forest")[1] and sharp and bitter taste. The main components of the oil are thujone (50%), camphor, pinene, and cineol.[2]
Clary sage oil
Sometimes called muscatel. Made by steam or water distillation of Salvia sclarea flowering tops and foliage. Yields range from 0.7 to 1.5%. A pale yellow to yellow liquid with a herbaceous odor and a winelike bouquet.[3] Produced in large quantities in France,[4] Russia[5] the United States,[6] and Morocco. The oil contains linalyl acetate, linalool and other terpene alcohols (sclareol), as well as their acetates.[7]
Spanish sage oil
Made by steam distillation of the leaves and twigs of S. officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia (syn. S. lavandulifolia). A colorless to pale yellow liquid with the characteristic camphoraceous odor.[8] Unlike Dalmatian sage oil, Spanish sage oil contains no or only traces of thujone; camphor and eucalyptol are the major components.