Product Abstract: A small to medium evergreen tree of the magnolia family, reaching up to 8m (26ft). The fruits are harvested before they ripen, then sun dried. Tough-skinned and rust colored, the seed pods measure up to 3 cm long. The Japanese plant this tree in their temples and on tombs, and use the pounded bark as incense. This essential oil may solidify, and if so, must be heated to be brought back to a liquid state. This attests to the purity of the oil.
Cautions: Dilute before use; for external use only. May cause skin irritation in some individuals; a skin test is recommended prior to use. Contact with eyes should be avoided.
NOTE: This oil may form crystals during transit or storage. Gentle warming in a hot water bath and stirring may be required.
Storage: It is recommended that oils packaged in metal containers (for safe shipping) be transferred into dark glass containers to maintain freshness and attain maximum shelf life.
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Rating: I bought this for licorice cold process soap. Behaved perfectly, smells just like black licorice! Very good price too
By:Heather, Winlaw, British Columbia Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 16-Sep-2019
Rating: Love it. Behaved well in cold process soap. The scent really stuck, but I did use kaolin. Mom says the soap smells good enough to eat. I already ordered another bottle.
By:Lindsey, Elmwood Ontario, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 22-Sep-2020
Rating: Wonderful product ! Fabulous odor and taste. Mostly, I use it to perfume my kombucha drink.
Rating: A wonderful licorice scent in CP soap! I make a charcoal anise soap and its one of the first to go. The scent holds well and hardly fades.
By:Beckie, Elmcreek, Manitoba Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 29-Dec-2013
Rating: I love anise and this one behaves very well in CP soap. Good staying power. A little goes a long way.
By:Cindy, Chatsworth, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 06-Dec-2012
Rating: Used it in cp soap. Amazing! Smells great
By:Danna, Edmonton, Alberta
Date: Loyal Customer Since: 27-Aug-2012
Rating: Amazing EO, strong and true. I wouldn't say it is 100% black licorice because you can smell a bit of herbs in it. Kind of aniseed and not sweet at all.
By:Julie, St-Paul-De-L'île-Aux-Noix, Quebec Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 31-Aug-2014
Rating: Great EO!! Wonderful in CP soap the scent is very strong you dont need much and the scent lasts a long time!!
By:Victoria, Toronto, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 13-May-2013
Rating: Very nice anise Star. I slightly prefer the organic one for aroma. But this is great in cold blends - used to make tamiflu flu treatment!
By:Stephanie, Lethbridge, Alberta Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 25-Sep-2015
Rating: This is a wonderful oil that I mix in with soy wax, color it black and just call it what everyone knows it by - black licorice. Customers either love it or hate it - there's nothing in between with this one. A great value and for me - its a great scent!
Rating: Absolutely the bomb............... love it.
By:Tim, Canfield, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 23-Mar-2016
Rating: Wow, just received this and I'm impressed....... nothing smells like Black Licorice more, cannot wait to try this in an MP soap..... Good stuff NDA
By:Tim, Canfield, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 23-Mar-2016
Rating: Fantastic licorice scent! Nice and strong!
By:Armando, Toronto, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 25-Feb-2012
Rating: This is my new favourite essential oil! Smells just like black licorice to me. I have been using it in my essential oil difusser...loooooove it!
Rating: Anise star is one of the best essential oils to add in CP soaps, it last for a long time and the scent is great especially mixed mixed with orange eo. One of my favorite as it always behaves so well
Rating: Smells like black licorice with some earthy tones to it. Can't wait to use it in some of my blends.
By:Kari, St. Catharines, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 18-Nov-2015
Rating: At the moment I have my entire house smelling like anise star... and I only made one small batch of shampoo bar soap :) added some licorice root.
By:Laura, Hazelridge, Manitoba Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 09-Jan-2015
Rating: Yes, people who love licorice, LOVE this in CP Soap. But those who don't absolutely DO NOT.
I also do black swirls - and love the way that this doesn't accelerate. However, I do find that after 6 months and onwards, the smell changes...gets a little weaker. But people can still pick it out as black licorice...
By:Ayla, Sherwood Park, Alberta Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 15-Aug-2013
Rating: I've made a few batches of charcoal licorice cp soap with this eo, and people who like licorice LOVE this scent!! Thanks NDA.
By:Natalie, Carleton Place, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 06-Dec-2013
Rating: An amazing rich, exotic mysterious fragrance! I love it!
By:Nasstassia, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 24-Feb-2014
Rating: WOW! Love this eo. I am a huge fan of black licorice and really want to make soaps with this eo!
By:Heather, Abbotsford, British Columbia Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 05-Mar-2008
Rating: From the bottle, strong licorice and slightly fish oil smell. But it vanishes soon. I don't expect nice scent for E.O. because I buy it for therapeutic reason. Even though I don't particularly like licorice, this scent is also nice to smell. I will use it for herbal shampoo and for calming therapy. Cheap and worthwhile E.O.
Rating: One of the favorite scents among customers. True to a black liquorice scent. May accelerate trace in CP soaps
By:Sarah, Halifax, Nova Scotia Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 26-Dec-2013
Rating: This is one EO I never want to be without. The scent is so licorice that I felt like I should taste the soap!! Will not lose its strength in cold process soap as some scents do. One of my best sellers in soap fragrances.
By:Beckie, Elmcreek, Manitoba Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 29-Dec-2013
Rating: Great oil can't wait to use it in my blends.
Rating: Most amazing scent with a licorice smell thats ood to eat. I love it in perfume and aroma scents in my home.
By:Valirie, Mississauga, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 29-May-2013
Rating: Great eo, smells so delicious! Just like licorice, my 3 year old says it's his favorite!
By:Jackie, Golden, British Columbia Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 03-May-2013
Rating: this EO smells great, the licorice lovers all like this one.
By:Meghan, Cochrane, Alberta
Date: Loyal Customer Since: 24-Apr-2013
Rating: Love this oil, it clears my sinuses and lets me have a good nights sleep when I place a little in a burner before bedtime. Makes lovely fisherman cp soap with a little pumice or loofah
By:Deborah, Port Hardy, British Columbia Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 07-Sep-2009
Rating: Typical spice scent . It probably should be a staple in aromatherapy . You really can't go wrong here.
By:Vladimir, Toronto, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 29-Apr-2011
Rating: some of my customers love this scent for there soap, i have done a
tiger/tiger with orange and black
By:Lynne, Thorsby, Alberta Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 10-Nov-2005
Rating: My mother and my mother-in-law absolutely LOVE any CP soap I make with this. I like to blend it with some Lavender EO. Careful how you pronounce "anise" though...
By:Basil, Woodbridge, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 15-Aug-2006
Rating: This is absolutely wonderful. A top seller for me in CP soap.
By:Ann, Westville, Nova Scotia
Date: Loyal Customer Since: 08-Oct-2007
Rating: Reminds me of why I love Sambuca! Strong but not overpowering and well priced. Will be great with an citrusy oil like Orange or Manadarin.
Rating: Very Lovely. I used it in my cp soap and the soap sold before i even had a chance to display it. Very strong licorice sweet smell. One of my favs. Thank You!
By:Phyllis, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 31-Jul-2011
Rating: WOW!!!! I love this scent. My living room smells just like licorice. YUM!! YUM!! I will always have this on hand.
By:Margie, Brockville, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 13-Sep-2011
Rating: I really love the strength of this! Lasts a long time in everything!
By:Stephanie, Toronto, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 24-Aug-2010
Rating: This oil is wonderful.....I use it mostly to make soap...reminds me so much of ouzo.....super.
By:Rick, Westville, Nova Scotia
Date: Loyal Customer Since: 04-Oct-2010
Rating: Love this oil. Find it makes me feel good & clears my head everytime I smell it. Made both soap & lip balm. Great unisex scent.
By:Terry, Toronto, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 31-Oct-2008
Rating: great licorice scent! sticks forever in cold processed soap.
By:Kat, Tottenham, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 24-Apr-2006
Rating: I just received my first order from NDA. Included in a very nicely packaged box were the 6 essential oils that I purchased. One of them was Anise Star. This scent is absolutely wonderful. The black liquorice scent immediately filled my nostrils. It is a truly wonderful, high quality oil that is just amazing!
Rating: NDA's Star Anise EO is a deep, luscious and intoxicating scent of black licorice YUM! I have not used this EO in my bath and beauty products yet, so I am basing this review from what I smell out of the bottle. The quality of this Star Anise is superb and since the strength of this scent is powerful, you will only need a drop or 2 so as to not overpower other scents you may use in your blend. I plan to use this dark licorice smelling EO with a couple of citrus EOs (Tangerine and Bergamot) to balance the heaviness of Star Anise.
By:Christine, Burnaby, British Columbia Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 30-Nov-2008
Rating: Heavenly scent! Just like old-fashioned black licorice.
By:Sonya, Hubley, Nova Scotia Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 24-Nov-2008
Rating: I use this in my p.m.s cream and it is very successful, probably due in part to it's diuretic qualities. Love the scent blended with chamomile and orange.
By:Vanice, Cambridge, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 19-Dec-2006
Rating: I was never a fan of straight black licorice, but blending the anise star with vanilla and cinnamon makes such a delicious chai smell!! Yummmy!!
Rating: If you like licorice, this is the one for you! I love the heady aroma of this oil mixed with citrus-yummy!
By:Heather, Ottawa, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 11-Dec-2005
Rating: This is a gorgeous EO! I use it alone to make a licorice soap, and also occasionally blend it with jasmine FO to create a unisex floral. Wonderful quality, packaged well, I'm very happy.
By:Carolyn, Montreal, Quebec Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 23-Feb-2007
Rating: a delicious licorice smell that is completely intoxicating! a new instant favorite!
By:Kat, Tottenham, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 24-Apr-2006
Rating: Excellente H.E. pour camoufler l'odeur humaine. Parfaite dans les savons. Odeur de réglisse noir.
By:Caroline, Bearn, Quebec Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 30-Jul-2006
Rating: This anise star is perfect. Black licourice is a hot scent in perfumery, and it has been for a very long time. You can even use this as a top note with tarragon for a long lasting black licourice scent. I highly recommend this oil. Top quality, quite volatile though.
By:Sherif, Scarborough, Ontario Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 27-Jul-2006
Rating: Fantastic EO my back porch where my black licorice soap is curing the whole room reminds me of a just opened bag of black licorice.
Rating: A fantasic anise EO. I use it exclusively is CP soap. It smells fabulously like rich, black liquorice.
Solidifies at cooler temps.
By:Kelli, Point Du Chene, New Brunswick Top ReviewerDate: Loyal Customer Since: 06-Dec-2005
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