Ginger oil

At a glance

Ginger oil is a fragrant oil extracted from the roots of the ginger plant, used in perfumery for its spicy and warming properties It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

One of several trade forms of Ginger catalogued here — see the full family →

Category
🌿 Natural
Origin
Root
Extraction
Steam distillation
CAS number
8007-08-7
Profile
Spicy, spicy-spicy, spicy-spicy, warm, earthy
IFRA status
Restricted -- controlled via constituent peroxide limits
● drafted · last checked 2026-09-01