Cardamon
Cardamom is often used in cosmetics as a fragrance.
Cardamom and
cardamom oil have a distinctive spicy, sweet scent. Cardamom oil is used
in perfumes, soaps, body wash, powders and other cosmetics to impart
scent.
Oriental style perfumes and scented products often include
cardamom, in additional to other essential oils.
Is native to Asia. This herb has a fresh warm spicy scent.
When added
to soaps, the finely ground cardamom improves circulation and is
warming, uplifting, and energizing.
Therapeutic
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Cardamom's therapeutic properties are useful in cosmetic applications.
Cardamom can be mixed into skin care products for antiseptic purposes
or anti-inflammatory purposes to calm and soothe skin. In perfumes,
cardamom is added to stimulate the senses. Products such as facial soaps
may use cardamom for the warming sensation that cardamom imparts on the
skin. Cosmetics that use cardamom for therapeutic reasons may be
labeled as an aromatherapy product or include therapeutic benefits in
the product description.