Tarragon

Tarragon is an herb we might recognize from the French Béarnaise sauce, but the herb is originally from Russia. Today it grows worldwide in the northern hemisphere. The name Tarragon is said to come from that in the past believed that the herb could cure snake bites, the name is a combination of the Greek word Drakos, Arabic tarkhum and Latin dracunculus which means "Little Dragon".

Essential oils are obtained by distillation of the new flowering plants and the scent is sweet, spicy, slightly woody, and with hints of licorice and citrus.