This study compared the essential oils (EO) composition of (Bulgarian populations) with that of the cultivated species . The EO composition of and were analyzed via gas chromatography. In general, 75 components were identified in EO and 79 in EO. The predominant constituents in EO were -pinene (34.64-44.35%) and sabinene (10.63-11.1%), which affirmed the examined population as a new chemical type. Overall, the main EO constituents of originating in France, Bosnia and Corsica were neryl acetate (4.04-14.87%) and -himachalene (9.9-10.99%). However, the EOs profile of introduced from the above three countries differed to some extent. D-limonene (5.23%), italicene, -guaiene and neryl acetate (14.87%) predominated in the introduced from France, while -pinene (13.74%), δ-cadinene (5.51%), -cadinene (3.3%), -caryophyllene (3.65%) and -calacorene (1.63%) predominated in plants introduced from Bosnia. The EOs of the plants introduced from France and Corsica had similar chemical composition and antimicrobiological activity.