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Purported Uses: As an ingredient in perfume compositions; in products with spicy, grass, balsamic notes; in shampoos and toothpastes; and in flavors for the food, wine, and tobacco industries.. WARNING: CAN CAUSE DERMATITIS OR EYE IRRITATION. PRODUCT DATA Distillation Method: steam distilled Country of Origin: Bulgaria Purported Uses: As an ingredient in perfume compositions; in products with spicy, grass, balsamic notes; in shampoos and toothpastes; and in flavors for the food, wine, and tobacco industries. Kamala's Description: Sumac is a rounded, broadly spreading, and sometimes multistemmed shrub that grows to 15 ft (4.6 m). The upright branches become open and loose as the plant ages. The purplish brown stems have a waxy bloom when young and develop thin blocky light gray bark as they grow older. The smooth bluish green oval leaves are 1.5-3.5 in (3.8-8.9 cm) long. They are borne alternately on long stems and have parallel veins and rounded or notched tips. In the fall, they turn bright shades of yellow, orange, purple, and red. The actual flowers are inconspicuous little yellowish green blossoms that appear in early summer, but the long pinkish filaments on the stems of the bloom clusters create a striking cloudlike effect through the summer. The fruits are tiny kidney shaped brown berries. Infusions have been used as a gargle and to stop bleeding, as well as in tanning and dyeing. While the yellow wood is used as a cholagogue, febrifuge, and ophthalmic, our supplier does not identify what part of the plant the oil has been made from. Kamala decided to carry this oil based solely on the scent, so we recommend it be used only for perfumery until we have done more research. | |
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