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What is scarlet sage?
Scarlet sage is a herbaceous plant in the Lamiaceae family, native to southern Europe and western Asia. Very fragrant and hairy, it measures 40 cm to 1 m in height in nature but can reach around 1 m 60 in culture. It has strong stems with glandular hairs in their upper part containing essential oil. Its leaves are large and oval in shape and its flowers are about 3 cm long. They have 13 veins as well as thorny teeth and a lower white corolla. The color of scarlet sage evolves from pale blue to lilac and it blooms in June. It is widely cultivated in temperate countries and is used as an ornamental as well as a medicinal plant. Indeed, its leaves have analgesic, anti-inflammatory,antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic. What is more, scarlée sage is rich in omega 3. In parallel, know that its leaves can also be used, fresh or dried, to flavor meat dishes. Likewise, scarlet sage was once used in Germany to flavor wine and give it a musky taste. In England, on the other hand, it was used as a substitute for hops to prepare beer. In addition, scarlet sage is a plant known since prehistoric times. Likewise, Chinese legend says that sage only blooms in the gardens of homes where the woman reigns as the good mistress of the house to flavor meat dishes. Likewise, scarlet sage was once used in Germany to flavor wine and give it a musky taste. In England, on the other hand, it was used as a substitute for hops to prepare beer. In addition, scarlet sage is a plant known since prehistoric times. Likewise, Chinese legend says that sage only blooms in the gardens of homes where the woman reigns as the good mistress of the house to flavor meat dishes. Likewise, scarlet sage was once used in Germany to flavor wine and give it a musky taste. In England, on the other hand, it was used as a substitute for hops to prepare beer. In addition, scarlet sage is a plant known since prehistoric times. Likewise, Chinese legend says that sage only blooms in the gardens of homes where the woman reigns as the good mistress of the house Chinese legend says that sage only blooms in the gardens of homes where the woman reigns as the good mistress of the house Chinese legend says that sage only blooms in the gardens of homes where the woman reigns as the good mistress of the house
The scent of scarlet sage
Today, scarlet sage is mainly used for its scent. It is thus cultivated in many countries and acclaimed by many perfumers. Its scent is obtained by steam distillation of its plant. Nevertheless, in order to obtain a concrete and an absolute one, it is preferable to proceed to its extraction by volatile solvents. In this case, scarlet sage concrete contains a higher percentage of sclareol and serves as the basis for the artificial production of ambrox. Scarlée sage thus produces an absolute with a chypre scent. The latter is widely used in oriental perfumes or belonging to the fern family. Likewise, it is an excellent fixer and considerably increases the hold of perfumes which contain it.
Scarlée sage is a staple in perfumery. As such, she slips into many olfactory monuments such as Aromatics Elixir by Clinique, Armani Code Ice, Antaeus by Chanel or Bel Ami d'Hermès.
