DESCRIPTION
Clove is the oil your grandmother kept in the bathroom cupboard, and it smells exactly as you remember: hot, sweet, faintly numbing, absolutely unmistakable.
Dolphin Clinic water distil theirs from the buds of Syzygium aromaticum in Indonesia, where the trees have been the reason for a great deal of history. It is a strong middle note and a genuinely potent oil, which is why it appears in the Traditional Thieves blend in careful proportion.
The label describes it as highly toxic. That is not marketing caution: use it very sparingly, always diluted, and never during pregnancy.
Bought from Indonesian growers, bottled here, and sold by a company that started as an aromatherapy clinic in the 1990s.
