Nicotiana tabacum grown and processed in India.
Aroma: Rich, earthy, warm aroma with subtle smoky and sweet undertones — reminiscent of aged wood, sweet hay, and a hint of smoky spice. This tobacco has a ready-made cologne-like overall fragrance, so although it is labelled by the source as "all natural and uncut", I cannot verify this.
This distinctive oil blends beautifully with notes of vanilla, vetiver, sandalwood, amber, or citrus, adding depth and warmth to natural perfumes, candles, and diffuser blends. When used sparingly, it can create a rich base that enhances and anchors other essential oils in custom formulations.
Description: Nicotiana is a beautiful plant, growing to between one and two metres in height depending on the variety and growing conditions. It has huge green leaves and very sweet-scented flowers which range in colour from white to purple, through pink and red.
HISTORY: Tobacco has been used and cultivated in America for a very long time, 10,000 years by some accounts. High-nicotine content varieties of Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana rustica were prized by many tribes. Both species are thought to be cultivars. N. rustica (Wild Tobacco) contains about 10 times the nicotine of N. tabacum, and should be considered one of the most important hallucinogenic entheogens, although both have been used ritually and shamanically by many tribes throughout the Americas.
POSSIBLE USES: Tobacco (absolute) can be used with a stop smoking program. Instead of smoking a cigarette, smelling the Tobacco Oil four times through each nostril will help stop the craving. Tobacco Absolute is a powerful oil and will heal integrity issues. There are trace amounts of nicotine. Has been used in bath therapy but under close supervised conditions. This oil is still under study.
Physical Uses: Used to calm extreme emotional states, dull the senses, and as an aphrodisiac. Use of the oil is experimental, so one must use it with caution.
Mental Uses: I want to see and hear all that deceives me. I am ready for the truth about myself.
Emotional Uses: Grow from self-deceptive, afraid to see the truth about others and yourself, to comfortably able to come to the truth about reality, whether it is "bad or good."
Spiritual Uses: Can indicate that you are ready to move forward in your spiritual journey with joy and bliss. It can also mean you have not been productive and moving forward, but only moving in circles, getting nowhere.
Chemical Constituents: Trace nicotine in the absolute, phenols, fuajacol, furfurol, ketones, solanesol.
STRENGTH OF AROMA: Strong
COLOUR: Brown, uncharacteristically light.
CONSISTENCY: Medium. This batch is uncharacteristically thin.
NOTE: Base! Tobacco absolute is often employed as a base note in perfumery, adding its touch to 'dry' or 'masculine' scented perfumes.
BLENDS WELL WITH: Bergamot, Clary sage, and Sandalwood.
CAUTIONS:
~ Tobacco Absolute should not be used on broken or irritated skin.
~ Never use Tobacco ceremonially without proper guidance and support.
~ Toxic use with caution, avoid in pregnancy and with infants and children.
It is important to note that all absolutes are extremely concentrated by nature. They should not be evaluated in this state unless you are accustomed to the undiluted fragrance. For those trying Absolutes for the first time, we strongly recommend that they be evaluated in dilution. Otherwise, the complexity of the fragrance - particularly the rare and exotic notes - becomes lost. Absolutes are NEVER to be ingested.
Photo thanks to Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
