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Carrot seeds (Daucus Carotta)
Category Iris
Violet, iris, woody, dried fruit.
The main producers of the essence are France, the United States and certain countries in Asia.
The essence is extracted from the crushed seeds of the common carrot through steam distillation.
Found in combination with fougere and chypre notes, it is also present in floral compositions where it replaces or reinforces violet, mimosa or iris.
It is also used as a food coloring.
The carrot is a humble root. No famous botanist or explorer or scientist deigned to name it after himself. A native of Europe, the carrot was familiar to the Greeks and Romans but it was pungent and gave off a strong odor. The carrot we know today was first cultivated in seventeenth-century Holland. It was rapidly adopted in the United States and Northern Europe.
Carrots aid in digestion and comabt jaundice. They are rich in carotene and vitamin A.
