WHITE THYME ESSENTIAL OIL (THYMUS ZYGIS) - ESSENTIAL OILS

Botanical Name: Thymus Zygis

Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled

Part Typically Used: Leaves, Flowering aerial parts

Color: Clear pale yellow to orange liquid

Consistency: Thin

Perfumery Note: Top

Cautions: White Thyme contains a high amount of thymol that can irritate mucus membranes, and must be diluted well before use.

Strength of Initial Aroma: Spicy, warm, herbaceous scent. It is very powerful and penetrating, with strong herbaceous notes. Herbaceous notes, green notes, fruity notes, high class florals, colognes, chypres and fougeres

White thyme, also known as common thyme or scientifically Thymus zygis, is an aromatic plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family, native to the Mediterranean region. White Thyme (Thymus zygis L.) is a low-growing, aromatic evergreen shrub in the Lamiaceae family - native to the sun-soaked hillsides and rocky plains of Spain, Portugal, and North Africa.

It’s typically harvested in late spring to early summer, just before or during full bloom, when thymol levels peak and its therapeutic potency is at its strongest.