Anethum Sowa Oil

#### Anethum Sowa. Little known, and hardly used outside of India and Japan, the oil of **Anethum**** ****Sowa**** **is steam distilled in India from the fruits (so-called seeds) of the locally grown dill, **Anethum**** ****Sowa**. A similar species is grown and distilled in Japan. The essential oil of **Anethum Sowa **is a pale yellow mobile liquid of sweet-herbaceous, somewhat woody-spicy odor. When freshly distilled, the oil displays a rather unpleasant topnote. The dryout is very faint, woody and not very pleasant. The overall odor type is distinctly different from that of the European or American **Dill**** ****Fruit**** ****Oil**** **(particularly the English dill fruit oil), the latter being closely related to the caraway oil, while the **Anethum Sowa **is more like the parsley fruit oil in type. The author has very little experience with the application of Anethum Sowa oil in perfumes or flavors, and it is not conceivable that this oil will ever attain any importance in European or American perfumery or flavor work. See also **Dill**** ****"Seed"**** ****Oil**** **and **Dill**** ****Weed**** ****Oil.**