Red Thyme Essential Oil Egypt (Herbal Family®)
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Short profile
An assertive thyme odour combines penetrating herbal character with hot spice and a pronounced phenolic, medicinal edge. Its texture is rough and forceful rather than rounded, with a darker character than white thyme oil. Culinary-herb associations sit alongside disinfectant-like nuances, while the supplier also describes a suggestion of smoke. No timed blotter observations are supplied to distinguish the opening, heart and dry-down.
Effect in a formula
Provides a conspicuous herbal accent and a spicy bite that strengthens lavender-led fougères and aromatic masculine compositions. In chypres, its dry medicinal character offers contrast to sweetness. The supplier also identifies herbal and leather accords as applications.
Use and dosage
For fine-fragrance concentrates, the supplier gives 0.05–0.3% and recommends restrained dosing. A separate laboratory section quotes 0.1–2% in the finished fragrance; this has a different stated basis and should not be treated as a concentrate range. These are formulation suggestions, not IFRA limits.
No confirmed manufacturer use level for this exact product.
Good areas of use
Dissolving and diluting
- Solvents
- Reported to form clear solutions with ethanol, DPG and IPM. Clarity does not imply a colourless solution: the oil contributes a reddish tint.
- Working dilution
- A 10% ethanol solution is specified for evaluation and working use. The laboratory guidance additionally recommends 1% for smelling this powerful material, although it does not explicitly assign a solvent to that lower dilution.
- Appearance
- Liquid with an amber to reddish-brown colour; the handling section describes it specifically as reddish brown.