Clove Bud Essential Oil

Syzygium aromaticum

Clove Bud is steam distilled from the flower buds of Eugenia caryophyllata. Ours is wildcrafted, and over the years it has come to us from India, Indonesia, and Madagascar.

The chemistry here is dominated by one molecule: eugenol, a phenol, typically 69-85% in our batches. That's what gives Clove Bud its warm, spicy aroma and the antimicrobial and antioxidant character it's valued for. Eugenol is also loved for its warming, comforting quality in blends. Alongside it you'll find eugenyl acetate (an ester, roughly 3-14%) and β-caryophyllene (a sesquiterpene, up to about 10%). Clove Bud is a strong oil, so a little goes a long way.

Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested, and the full report for each one lives right here on this page.

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Batch History & Chemistry

Batch	Distilled	Origin
CLB-117	06/15/2026	India
CLB-116	05/29/2024	India
CLB-115	07/29/2023	India
CLB-114	10/15/2020	India
CLB-113	12/29/2019	India

Batch CLB-117

Print Report Original GC-MS Report Certificate of Analysis

Distillation date: 06/15/2026
Extraction: Steam Distilled
Cultivation: Wildcrafted
Country of origin: India

Top 5 components

of 43 measured

ComponentFamily%

eugenolPhenol75.54%

eugenyl acetateEster12.28%

β-caryophylleneSesquiterpene7.76%

α-caryophylleneSesquiterpene1.14%

caryophyllene oxideOxide0.39%

Batch CLB-117 comes from India, where the clove buds were wildcrafted and then steam distilled in June 2026. Syzygium aromaticum yields one of the most instantly recognizable aromas in the kit: deep, sweet, and spicy, with a warm woody base that lingers on a blotter long after the first impression fades. Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested before it reaches you, and the full report and certificate of analysis for CLB-117 are available to download here. You can see exactly what is in the bottle.

Chemistry highlights

Batch CLB-117 leans ester-rich: eugenyl acetate at 12.28% sits well above the 9.27% mean across our eight analyzed Clove Bud batches and near the top of the 2.86-14.14% span we've recorded. Eugenol comes in at 75.54%, a touch under its 76.98% average but comfortably inside range, so the acetate has gained at the free phenol's expense. Seeing an ester and its parent phenol together like this is the whole story of the profile; together they account for just over 88%. The caryophyllenes follow behind at 7.76% beta and 1.14% alpha, with caryophyllene oxide (0.39%) trailing them. Below that, 43 components in total, including chavicol at 0.13%, vanillin at 0.04% and a whisper of methyl salicylate at 0.08%.

Phenol

eugenol75.54%

chavicol0.13%

Ester

eugenyl acetate12.28%

methyl salicylate0.08%

benzyl benzoate0.04%

α-terpinyl acetate0.01%

benzyl acetate0.01%

ethyl benzoate0.01%

Sesquiterpene

β-caryophyllene7.76%