+ Botanical Name: Cinnamomum camphora
+ Country of Origin: Vietnam
+ Extraction Method: Steam Distilled
+ Plant Part: Wood
+ Strength of Aroma: Strong
+ Aromatic Scent: Strong and fragrant
+ Blends Well With: Basil Linalooll, Cajeput, Chamomile Roman, Lavender, and Rosemary 1,8-Cineole.
** Camphor Oil Properties:
+ Appearance: Clear, Mobile Liquid
+ Colour: Colorless to light yellow
+ Specific gravity at 20: 0.910 - 0.940
+ Refractive index at 20: 1.450 - 1.550
+ Optical rotation: + 16- +28
+ The main chemical components are a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, sabinene, phellandrene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, y-terpinene, p-cymene, terpinolene, furfural, camphor, linalool, bornyl acetate, terpinen-4-ol, caryophyllene, borneol, piperitone, geraniol, safrole, cinnamaldehyde, methyl cinnamate and eugenol.
+ The brown and yellow camphor oil has a very high safrole content, with yellow having between 10 - 20 % and the brown having 80%. These two oils are considered toxic, as well as carcinogenic.