Description
Energetic Profile: Helps with healthy boundaries, helps with self-confidence, helps adapt to new situations. Brings clarity [1]. The plant of the wounded healer.
Smell: The aroma of Achillea millefolium essential oil is herbaceous, sweet, and slightly camphorous, often described as earthy with a hint of spice. Like many of the sunflower relatives, yarrow is known to have local variations in chemical composition [2], [3]. Our wildcrafted yarrow from high altitude, although sharing the unmistakable smell that makes yarrow oil, is more camphorous than some yarrows, with a first note that is animalistic giving it a unique aspect (Jah Skipper, 2024).
Perfumery Note: Middle note [2].
Main Chemical Constituents: chamazulene (notably responsible for its blue color when present), camphor, borneol, 1,8-cineole, α-pinene, and β-pinene. [2], [3].
Adulteration and quality: The incentive for yarrow essential oil adulteration is higher than some other oils that are primarily produced from western and southern Europe. That being said, the literature is quite scarce on such reports. Dr. Pappas does discuss the admixture of the oil with various carrier oils and market reports have given validity to this observation (Jah Skipper, 2024).
Distiller’s Notes: We have access to some originally European species to wild-craft, but because of the local factors, it has been an adventure to rediscover familiar plants within a new context.
We are currently offering both our 2024 distillation and our 2025 distillation.
In the photo with two bottles, 2024 is on the left, 2025 on the right.
Citations:
[1] Traite d’aromatherapie Scientifique et Medicale – Michel Faucon
[2] “Yarrow Essential Oil (Achillea millefolium).” The School of Aromatic Studies, www.aromaticstudies.com.
[3] Yildirim, Bunyamin, et al. “Atypical Chemical Profiles of Wild Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) Essential Oils.” ACG Publications, www.acgpubs.org.
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