Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil) oil
AKA “sweet basil oil”
Oil
Ingredient Facts
Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil) oil
AKA: Sweet basil oil
Oil · Masking · EWG: 5
Plant-Derived
Not Clean
Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) oil is a cosmetic ingredient used as masking, tonic. Rated moderate hazard by EWG.
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Plant Part
Leaf
Lifeform
Annual or subshrub
Climate
Seasonally dry tropical
CAS #
84775-71-3 / 8015-73-4
Form
Oil
See origin →
Functions
Masking
Tonic
Antioxidant
Anti-Inflammatory
Tightens and tones skin
Provides scent
Traditional Use
Sweet basil has been used in traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine and Mediterranean folk remedies for its antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties on skin. It was also valued in medieval European herbalism for skin purification.
Skin Types
●all-skin-types
Best For
Antimicrobial
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Safe
Caution
Ocimum Basilicum (Sweet Basil) Extract
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) oil
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Ocimum Basilicum (Sweet Basil) Extract
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) oil
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Suppression of essential oil biosynthesis in sweet basil cotyledons under hypergravity conditions.
Watanabe Y, Yamamoto H, Shimizu I, Hongo H, Noguchi A et al.
Life sciences in space research, 2024
Verified Jun 2026
Data: Kew POWO · CosIng · EWG · CIR