Dill Oil

What Dill Oil smells like

Dill weed oil, distilled from the fresh herb, has a fresh, somewhat spicy, aromatic character, in ChemicalBook's description; a glossary finds it grassier and more vegetal than the seed oil, and a supplier clear, spicy, herbaceous and clean. Penn State Extension attributes the weed oil's odour mainly to alpha-phellandrene and dill ether, and the seed oil's caraway-like odour to its higher carvone content.

Leading note

Fresh green dill

Supporting facets

Grassy, vegetal, caraway

Faint facets

Spicy

Character

Fresh, green, clean

• herbal
• green
• fresh
• caraway

What makes Dill Oil distinctive

The fresh herb's dill ether and phellandrene — greener than the seed, which leans towards caraway.

Where the descriptions disagree: Reported carvone content of dill weed oil varies widely between sources and grades.

How Dill Oil is used

Used in traces in green and herbal compositions, and widely in flavours.

Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).

How Dill Oil differs from similar materials

d-Carvone*

d-Carvone is the caraway note that dominates dill seed oil; dill weed oil is greener, led by dill ether and phellandrene. (compared directly by a cited source)

Caraway Oil

Caraway is a carvone-rich, rye-bread spice; dill weed is greener and grassier.

An asterisk marks a difference that a cited source states directly. The others compare the published descriptions of each material. Smell varies with grade, supplier and dilution; compare them side by side on blotters before substituting one for another.

Formulation considerations

Weed and seed oils differ in composition and smell; record which you use.

Identity and classification

Type

Essential oil

Origin

Natural

Odour family

Aromatic / Green

Note position

Top note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

Dill weed oil

Botanical source

Anethum graveolens

CAS number

8006-75-5

The CAS number was checked on 19 October 2026 against a PubChem substance record that gives it for this material. A natural material is a mixture, so it has no single formula; its composition varies with origin and processing.

Safety and compliance

This page is general information, not a safety assessment or a specification. Confirm identity, composition, IFRA status and allergen content from your supplier's documents for the lot you hold.

Materials it works with

• d-Carvone

  Aroma chemical · Aromatic / Spicy — caraway, dill, herbal, warm

• Caraway Oil

  Essential oil · Aromatic / Spicy — caraway, spicy, warm, herbal

• alpha-Phellandrene

  Aroma chemical · Citrus / Spicy — citrus, peppery, minty, herbal

• d-Limonene

  Aroma chemical · Citrus / Fruity — citrus, orange, fresh, light

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 1 published formula

Dill Oil is an ingredient in 1 perfume formula in the Formula & Accord Library.

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Green Pod Theory

  RUŌOD House Creation

Further reading

• Aromatic Notes in Perfumery: Lavender, Sage, Rosemary and Mint

  The aromatic family for formulators: lavender, lavandin and spike, clary sage, rosemary, mint and basil — chemistry, chemotypes and EU allergen status.

Questions about Dill Oil

Sources

• PubChem — substance 135353669, checked 19 October 2026.
• ChemicalBook — dill oil (CAS 8006-75-5) — odour database.
• Penn State Extension — Herb garden plants: dill — published perfumery reference.
• Premiere Peau — Dill — published perfumery reference.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 21 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.