Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil) oil
AKA “Sweet Basil Oil”
Essential Oil
Ingredient Facts
Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil) oil
AKA: Sweet Basil Oil
Essential Oil · Soothing · EWG: 5
Plant-Derived
Soothing
Fragrance
Essential Oil
Clean
Sweet basil leaf oil from India and the Mediterranean soothes and refreshes your skin with a naturally aromatic touch.
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Plant Part
Leaf
Lifeform
Annual or subshrub
Climate
Seasonally dry tropical
CAS #
84775-71-3 / 8015-73-4
Form
Oil
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Functions
Fragrance
Added for scent. Can be natural or synthetic. Common irritant and allergen — one of the top reasons people react to products.
Soothing
Calms redness, irritation, and inflammation. Your skin's chill pill — great for sensitive, reactive, or post-procedure skin.
Tonic
Antioxidant
Protects skin from free radical damage caused by UV, pollution, and stress
Anti-Inflammatory
Tightens and tones skin
Traditional Use
Sweet basil has been used in traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine and Mediterranean folk remedies for its antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties on skin. It was also valued in medieval European herbalism for skin purification.
Skin Types
●all-skin-types
Best For
Antimicrobial
Melanin-Rich Skin
Suitable
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Safe
Caution
Ocimum Basilicum (Sweet Basil) Extract
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) oil
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Ocimum Basilicum (Sweet Basil) Extract
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) oil
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Suppression of essential oil biosynthesis in sweet basil cotyledons under hypergravity conditions.
Watanabe Y, Yamamoto H, Shimizu I, Hongo H, Noguchi A et al.
Life sciences in space research, 2024
Verified Feb 2026
Data: Kew POWO · CosIng · EWG · CIR