Wintergreen oil

At a glance

Wintergreen oil is a fragrance ingredient extracted from the leaves of the wintergreen plant, used to add sweet and minty notes to perfumes It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
🌿 Natural
Origin
Leaf/Twig
Extraction
Steam distillation
CAS number
68917-75-9
Profile
sweet, minty, slightly medicinal
IFRA status
Restricted -- controlled via methyl salicylate content
● drafted · last checked 2026-09-01