It has an almost fruity-sweet top note, with a pleasant balsamic-woody undertone that becomes more flowery as it evolves on the skin. *(CO = Certified Organic)

This is one of the most plentiful organic oils grown in the midwestern states. It's one of the oils like patchouli that improves with age. It has a warm and penetrating, slightly green- herbaceous odor that smells just like the crushed herb.

The fresh herb makes a great tea. It's stimulating and refreshing and blends well with pink grape fruit, jasmine, basil, and vetiver. I much prefer it to peppermint for perfumes. It has a lighter touch. In perfumery it's used to get an herbaceous-green influence in lavender-fougere* and jasmine blends.