Anise Essential Oil

Spice Market Sweetness

Sweet, licorice-bright, and unmistakable, anise essential oil is steam-distilled from the seeds of Pimpinella anisum. One drop carries the warmth of a Mediterranean spice market into your diffuser, your soap pot, or your perfume organ.

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⚗ Small-batch distillation
🌳 Pimpinella anisum from Mediterranean
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Soap & Candle Projects

Cold-process soap and container candles both take anise beautifully, giving bakery-sweet licorice character to bars and melts alike.

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Diffusing & Home Fragrance

Anise brings a warm, sugary spice note to diffuser blends and reed accords built around orange, clove, and cinnamon.

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Perfumery & Blending

Formulators and perfumers reach for anise as a licorice-sweet top-to-middle note in spice, gourmand, and citrus-forward accords.

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Bulk & Wholesale

Soap houses, candle studios, and formulators can order anise essential oil by the pound with the same published batch documentation.

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Try It, Then Scale Up

Anise Essential Oil 0.5 oz Evaluation Bottle
0.5 oz
$8.94

Test anise's licorice-sweet aroma in a soap or candle sample before committing to a larger batch.

 Anise Essential Oil 16 oz Pilot Batch
16 oz
$47.41

Run a full pilot batch of cold-process soap or a candle line without depleting your supply.

 Anise Essential Oil 5 lbs First Production Run
5 lbs
$149.13

Move into production pricing once your anise blend is dialed in, with a lower cost per ounce.
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About Anise Essential Oil

Anise essential oil is distilled from the ripe seeds of Pimpinella anisum, an herb of the carrot family cultivated for thousands of years around the Mediterranean and in Egypt. The seeds are crushed and steam-distilled, yielding an oil dominated by naturally occurring anethole, the source of that famous licorice sweetness.

The scent is sugary, spicy, and warm, close to black licorice with a faint herbal edge. Anise reads as a strong top-to-middle note and pairs surprisingly well with orange, clove, cinnamon, and vanilla in cozy seasonal blends.

Soap makers love anise for cold-process bars with a bakery-sweet character, and it turns up in homemade candles, seasonal potpourri, and diffuser recipes built around spice and citrus. It is potent, so measure by the drop and dilute well in any skin-contact blend.

How This Oil Is Made

Harvest

Seeds are gathered from Pimpinella anisum plants grown across the Mediterranean.

Sorting

Harvested seeds are cleaned and sorted to remove stems, debris, and underripe seed before distillation.

Distillation

The sorted seeds are steam-distilled, releasing the anethole-rich oil that carries anise's signature licorice sweetness.

Lab Testing

Each finished batch is lab-tested and issued a COA before it is approved for bottling.

Bottling

The oil is bottled and stored away from heat and light to protect its aroma.

Why This Batch Is Checkable

Anise's aroma comes from anethole, a compound that shows up clearly on a GC/MS report, so a bottle claiming to be pure anise essential oil either has the chemistry to back that up or it does not.

The current batch's certificate of analysis is published on this site, so you can check the anethole content and confirm what you are diluting into a blend before you buy in bulk.

View the current COA (PDF) GC-MS report (PDF)

Distilled Anise Oil vs. Synthetic Licorice Scent

True Anise OilSynthetic Fragrance Oil
SourceDistilled from real Pimpinella anisum seedBlended in a lab from aroma chemicals
AromaWarm, sugary, true licorice characterSharp, one-note licorice mimic
CompositionNaturally high in anetholeFormulated to approximate anethole's smell
DocumentationBatch COA published on this siteRarely tested or disclosed
Best forSoap, candles, and fine perfumeryCheap mass-market scenting only

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Sourced From One Mediterranean Seed

1 species

Every bottle comes from Pimpinella anisum and nothing else

Seeds

The plant part harvested and distilled for this oil

Steam-distilled

The method used to draw the oil from the seed

Mediterranean

The growing region this anise seed is sourced from

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Ways Makers Use Anise Oil

These hands-on projects show how soap makers, candle crafters, and diffuser blenders put anise's licorice sweetness to work.

Anise Oil in Cold Process Soap: A Six Batch Scent Fade Trial

Anise Oil in Cold Process Soap: A Six Batch Scent Fade Trial

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How to Scent Container Candles with Anise Oil: Wax and Load Rate

How to Scent Container Candles with Anise Oil: Wax and Load Rate

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DIY Anise Solid Perfume: A Beeswax and Jojoba Recipe

DIY Anise Solid Perfume: A Beeswax and Jojoba Recipe

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Holiday Room Scenting with Anise: Diffuser Blends for the Season

Holiday Room Scenting with Anise: Diffuser Blends for the Season

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Anise Oil Priced By The Pound

Soap houses, candle studios, and independent perfumers use anise essential oil by the pound once a formula is locked in, since buying larger volumes lowers the per-ounce cost of a recipe built around anise's warm licorice sweetness. Every bulk size, from 5 lbs up to 400 lbs, ships with the same published batch documentation as our smallest bottle.

Soap Houses

Formulate cold-process bars with a consistent bakery-sweet licorice note across every production run.

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Candle Studios

Scale a signature anise fragrance from a test pour to full container candle production runs.

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Perfumers & Formulators

Source a consistent anethole-rich top note for gourmand and spice accords, backed by batch documentation.

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Anise Essential Oil 5 lbs
5 lbs
$149.13
$29.83 per lb
Save 21% Anise Essential Oil 25 lbs
25 lbs
$592.03
$23.68 per lb
Save 24% Anise Essential Oil 100 lbs
100 lbs
$1,763.29
$17.63 per lb
Save 28% Anise Essential Oil 400 lbs
400 lbs
$6,016.33
$15.04 per lb
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Anise Buyer FAQ

How fast do orders ship? ▾
Orders typically ship within 1 to 2 business days. Bulk sizes of 5 lbs and up may need a little extra handling time before they leave our facility. Checkout runs through our secure Shopify store, so your payment details are never handled directly by us.
Where does this anise oil come from? ▾
Our anise essential oil is distilled from the ripe seeds of Pimpinella anisum, an herb sourced from growing regions around the Mediterranean, then steam-distilled into the sweet, licorice-like oil we bottle.
How can I check the oil's purity? ▾
Every batch we sell is lab-tested before bottling, and the current batch's certificate of analysis is published right on this page in the purity section above, so you can see exactly what you are buying.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.