Essential Oil --Tagetes Oil

Tagetes Oil
Steam distilled oil from whole plant(except roots) of Tagetes minuta. It is cultivated in H.P. above 1000 mtr. above sea level. Material is collected & distilled when flower starts to mature.Due to marigold like odour it is used in Marigold type of Perfumes which are being used in Incense Sticks during Religious Festivals  at Religious Places. Oil is also sprayed on fresh Marigold Flower and sold during Religious Festivals.
In perfume formulations in small dosages, for creation of Apple and other fruity fragrances effects for toilet preparations. It is used as a modifier in hair lotions of the bay rum type. It is also used by Attar Industries in India. It has mosquito larvaecidal activity. The oil is being used as insecticide also.

Steam distilled oil from whole plant(except roots) of Tagetes minuta.