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concentrated, volatile extracts obtained from different parts of the plants. The oil may extracted by flowers, leaves, spices, fruits, woods, resins or roots. Chemically these oils are mixtures, usually very complex, of terpenses, sesqui terpenes, their oxygenated derivatives and other aromatic compounds.

However, essential oil has been valued for their therapeutic and rejuvenating properties. These oil have a pleasant odor with a tantalizing effect. They can produce emotional outcomes that are uplifting or relaxing. It has been used in perfumes, cosmetics and bath products, for flavoring food and drink and for scenting incense and household cleaning products. Recently, essential oils have gained much popularity for use in Aromatherapy, a branch of alternative medicine which claims that the specific aromas have curative effects.Lala Jagdish Prasad & Company