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    Star Anise Oil

    Star Anise Oil

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    Manufacturer: Powerful liquorice notes for memorable accords Creates exotic depth in masculine fragrances Adds authentic oriental spice character to blends.

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    CAS: 68952-43-2 Classification: Base Note[i]

    Leverage Star Anise for its remarkable ability to impart immediate character and warmth, bridging top and middle phases effectively. Its complex undertones offer versatility beyond the expected liquorice facet, adding depth to aromatic Fougères and even floral compositions. This is a cornerstone spice material.

    While both Star Anise oil (Illicium verum) and Anise oil (Pimpinella anisum) share a dominant sweet, liquorice-like aroma from trans-anethole, Star Anise is botanically distinct, often stronger, woodier, and contains IFRA regulated estragole (also found in tarragon oil), unlike Anise.

    At low temperatures this oil may crystallise. In that case, simply warm to melt.

    Odour Impact Scale [i]
    Strength 6 · Impact 5
     
     
     
    10 5 0 5 10
    Strength Impact

    Star Anise Oil shows balanced behaviour with moderate strength (6/10) and proportional impact in blends (5/10). Versatile and predictable to work with.

    Country of Origin
    India
    IFRA 51
    0.35% in finished product (Cat. 4)
    Odour Family
    Spicy
    Appearance
    Colourless liquid
    Longevity
    Lasts > 72 hours on a smelling strip
    INCI Name
    ILLICIUM VERUM FRUIT OIL
    Odour Profile

    Star Anise Oil presents a warm, sweet licorice-like aroma with spicy-fennel undertones and subtle woody facets.

    Uses

    Provides spicy-sweet character to fragrances, flavors, and aromatherapy applications.

    Fraterworks® is strictly a reseller of this product and is neither an agent nor official distributor for Payan Bertrand, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

    General Information

    Like most suppliers and makers of quality raw materials for fragrances, we do not filter many of our products. This ensures that no odiferous matter is lost prior to use but can result in the appearance of small particles or slight clouding.

    All alcoholic fragrances should be macerated for up to a month and then chilled in a moderate freezer overnight before being filtered fine. This will remove all cloudiness or detritus and is the industry norm.

    IFRA Standards

    Permitted amounts in finished product:

    IFRA 51: 0.35%

    These are derived from calculated concentrations which do not replace chromatographic quantification on individual lots. Disclaimer...

    For Trade Use Only

    Our products are intended as building blocks in the perfume creation process; they are not to be applied to the skin undiluted.

    These raw materials are for use by the perfumery trade only.

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    SDS IFRA 51 EU Allergens
    From our research lab

    Usage in Perfumery

    Star Anise Oil appears in 1% of the perfumes we have analysed, at a median of 0.3% of the concentrate.

    0.3% Median use in perfumes0.175% in bases
    2.69% Average use0.664% in bases
    tr. Minimum observed0.05% in bases
    96.47% Maximum observed4.87% in bases
    Odour
    Sweet, aromatic, herbal, anise, spicy
    Family
    Spicy
    Substantivity
    > 72 hours on a smelling strip
    Often used alongside
    Found in these perfumes

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    Also known by 37 other names

    Badiana Oil; anise ess nat 01; anise essential oil; anise fruit/seed oil; anise oil; anise oil FCC; anise oil FCC natural; anise oil food grade; anise oil spain; anise oil spanish; anise oil vietnam; anise oil, chinese; anise oil, natural; anise seed oil; anise seed oil (pimpinella anisum); anise seed oil (pimpinella anisum) colombia; anise seed oil CO2 extract; anise star oil FCC; aniseed essential oil; aniseed oil; aniseed oil (pimpinella); aniseed oil organic; aniseed tincture; anisi seed oil; illicium san-ki fruit/seed oil; illicium san-ki oil CO2 extract; illicium san-ki seed oil terpeneless; illicium verum oil CO2 extract; illicium verum seed oil terpeneless; oil star anise terpeneless (natural anethole); pimpinella anisum fruit oil; pimpinella anisum fruit tincture; pimpinella anisum seed oil; pimpinella anisum seed oil colombia; pimpinella anisum seed tincture; star; volatile oil derived from the dried, ripe fruits and seeds of star anise, illicium verum, illiciaceae

    Statistics drawn from over 10,000 formulas including published GCMS analyses, commercial and demonstration formulas. References to third-party perfumes, brand names and trade marks are solely for identification and comparison. Formulas not made, supplied, licensed, authorised, sponsored or endorsed by the manufacturer or trade mark owner.

    From the published literature

    What Star anise is made of

    A Fraterworks analysis of the published chemical compositions of Illicium verum Hooker fil, showing the median and observed range of each constituent across eight studies.

    Fraterworks Composition Combined from eight published analyses — median and observed range
    Constituent CAS Median Range
    Anethole (total isomers) 4180-23-8 84.08% 71.59–91.28%
    Monoterpene hydrocarbons (unknown) 9.4% 3–15.8%
    Methyl chavicol 140-67-0 2.13% 0.34–6.65%
    Limonene 138-86-3 1.9% 0.21–10.44%
    Foeniculin 78259-41-3 0.89% 0.5–14.56%
    Linalool 78-70-6 0.88% 0.42–2.34%
    alpha-Pinene 80-56-8 0.57% 0.02–2.07%
    gamma-Elemene 30824-67-0 0.5% 0.5%
    (E,E)-alpha-Farnesene 502-61-4 0.45% 0.45%
    Anisaldehyde 123-11-5 0.45% 0.26–4.48%
    beta-Ocimene (total isomers) 3338-55-4 0.45% 0.45%
    beta-Phellandrene 555-10-2 0.42% 0.03–1.67%
    alpha-Phellandrene 99-83-2 0.39% 0.08–0.48%
    beta-Caryophyllene 87-44-5 0.365% 0.11–0.5%
    delta-3-Carene 13466-78-9 0.34% 0.01–0.93%
    Nerolidol (unknown isomer) 7212-44-4 0.335% 0.12–0.55%
    Methyl isoeugenol 93-16-3 0.32% 0.32%
    Isocaryophyllene 118-65-0 0.31% 0.31%
    alpha-Bergamotene (total isomers) 13474-59-4 0.3% 0.14–0.42%
    Myrcene 123-35-3 0.24% 0.08–0.41%
    Cinnamyl acetate 103-54-8 0.23% 0.23%
    Terpinen-4-ol 562-74-3 0.205% 0.03–0.38%
    (Z)-Anethole 25679-28-1 0.2% 0.01–0.42%
    alpha-Terpineol 98-55-5 0.2% 0.11–0.35%
    4-Isopropyltropolone 499-44-5 0.19% 0.19%
    para-Cymene 99-87-6 0.18% 0.1–0.29%
    p-Methoxyphenylacetone 122-84-9 0.175% 0.06–1.02%
    Aromadendrene 72747-25-2 0.16% 0.16%
    1,8-Cineole 470-82-6 0.15% 0.1–0.2%
    beta-Bergamotene 6895-56-3 0.14% 0.14%
    gamma-Terpinene 99-85-4 0.14% 0.01–0.3%
    Safrole 94-59-7 0.14% 0.14%
    beta-Bisabolene 495-61-4 0.125% 0.05–0.22%
    alpha-Terpinene 99-86-5 0.12% 0.09–0.15%
    (Z,E)-alpha-Farnesene 26560-14-5 0.09% 0.09%
    beta-Farnesene (total isomers) 28973-97-9 0.08% 0.06–0.42%
    Terpinolene 586-62-9 0.08% 0.01–0.15%
    Methyl eugenol 93-15-2 0.06% 0.06%
    Cinnamyl alcohol 104-54-1 0.055% 0.01–0.1%
    alpha-Copaene 3856-25-5 0.05% 0.01–0.1%
    beta-Pinene 127-91-3 0.05% 0.01–0.22%
    Elemol 639-99-6 0.05% 0.05%
    Isoborneol 124-76-5 0.05% 0.05%
    Methyl anisate 121-98-2 0.05% 0.01–0.6%
    beta-Elemene 515-13-9 0.04% 0.04%
    Borneol 507-70-0 0.04% 0.04%
    Sabinene 3387-41-5 0.04% 0.01–0.24%
    Camphene 79-92-5 0.035% 0.03–0.04%
    Farnesol (unknown isomer) 4602-84-0 0.03% 0.03%
    Camphor 76-22-2 0.02% 0.02%
    Carvone 99-49-0 0.01% 0.01%
    Star anise (China) 1Maack de F., Brunet, D., Malnati, J. and Estienne, J., Etude des constituants mineurs de l'anethole obtenu a partir d'huile essentielle de Badiane, Ann. Fals. Expert. Chim. Vol. 75, 357-367, (1982)

    18 constituents reported

    • (E)-Anethole4180-23-882.7%
    • Methyl chavicol140-67-05.5%
    • Foeniculin 78259-41-35.1%
    • Monoterpene hydrocarbons (unknown) 3%
    • Anisaldehyde123-11-51.7%
    • Linalool78-70-60.6%
    • Methyl anisate 121-98-20.6%
    • beta-Caryophyllene87-44-50.5%
    • trans-alpha-Bergamotene 13474-59-40.25%
    • p-Methoxyphenylacetone 122-84-90.2%
    • alpha-Terpineol98-55-50.17%
    • beta-Bisabolene 495-61-40.15%
    • (Z)-Anethole 25679-28-10.15%
    • cis-alpha-Bergamotene 17829-53-70.1%
    • Cinnamyl alcohol104-54-10.1%
    • (Z)-beta-Farnesene 28973-97-90.08%
    • alpha-Copaene 3856-25-50.05%
    • Carvone 99-49-00.01%
    Star anise (China, Yunnan) 5Cu, J.-Q., Yunnan - The Kingdom of Essential Oil Plants, Flav. & Fragr.: A World Perspective; B.M. Lawrence, B.D. Mookherjee and B.J. Willis (Eds.); Proc. 10th Int. Congress Ess. Oils, Fragr. & Flav., Washington DC, USA, Nov 1986, p. 231-241; Elsevier Amsterdam (1988)

    26 constituents reported

    Star anise (Vietnam) 1Maack de F., Brunet, D., Malnati, J. and Estienne, J., Etude des constituants mineurs de l'anethole obtenu a partir d'huile essentielle de Badiane, Ann. Fals. Expert. Chim. Vol. 75, 357-367, (1982)

    18 constituents reported

    • (E)-Anethole4180-23-878.6%
    • Monoterpene hydrocarbons (unknown) 15.8%
    • Linalool78-70-61.09%
    • Methyl chavicol140-67-00.8%
    • Foeniculin 78259-41-30.55%
    • Anisaldehyde123-11-50.45%
    • alpha-Terpineol98-55-50.35%
    • trans-alpha-Bergamotene 13474-59-40.32%
    • (Z)-Anethole 25679-28-10.28%
    • beta-Caryophyllene87-44-50.17%
    • p-Methoxyphenylacetone 122-84-90.15%
    • beta-Bisabolene 495-61-40.1%
    • cis-alpha-Bergamotene 17829-53-70.1%
    • alpha-Copaene 3856-25-50.08%
    • (Z)-beta-Farnesene 28973-97-90.06%
    • Carvone 99-49-00.01%
    • Methyl anisate 121-98-20.01%
    • Cinnamyl alcohol104-54-10.01%
    Star anise (Vietnam) 2Formacek, K., and Kubeczka, K.-H., The Chemical Composition of Star Anise oil, in: Essential Oils Analysis by Capillary Chromatography and Carbon C-13 NMR Spectroscopy. J. Wiley & Sons, New York (1982)

    19 constituents reported

    Star anise (China) 3Cu, J.-Q., Perineau, F., and Goepfert, G., GC/MS Analysis of Star Anise Oil, J. Ess. Oil Res., Vol. 2, 91-92, (Mar/Apr.), 1990

    27 constituents reported

    Star anise (China, Shangyou) 4Sun, L.-F., Studies on the Chemical constituents of the Volatile oil of Illicium verum Hook., F. grown in Shangyou, Youji Huaxue, Vol. 10, 183-186 (1990)

    39 constituents reported

    Star anise (China) 2Formacek, V., & K.-H. Kubeczka, Essential Oil Analysis by Capillary Gas Chromatography and Carbon-13 NMR Spectroscopy, pp. 291, 292, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (1982)

    15 constituents reported

    Star anise (China) 6Liangfeng Zhu, Li Yonghua, Li Baoling, Lu Biyao & Xia Nianhe, Aromatic Plants and Essential Constituents p. 20, South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hai Feng Publishing Co., Chinese National Node for APINMAP, distributed by Peace Book Co. Ltd., Hong Kong (1993)

    7 constituents reported

    Sources: Published studies indexed by Essential Oil University (EOUdb). Constituent harmonisation and calculations by Fraterworks.

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