Yarrow oil

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Yarrow essential oil is a volatile oil including the chemical proazulene. The dark blue essential oil is extracted by steam distillation of the flowers of yarrow (Achillea millefolium).

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) essential oil in a colorless glass vial

The deep blue coloured oil has an aroma described as "herbal, green tea, chamomile, rosemary, floral, creamy".[1]

It kills the larvae of the mosquito Aedes albopictus.[2]


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