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Don subsp. italicum is one of the most valuable Mediterranean aromatic species owing to its essential oil, which is widely used in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and nutraceutical applications. However, comparative phytochemical investigations simultaneously addressing essential oils and hydrosols from geographically isolated natural populations remain limited. In this study, we investigated essential oils and hydrosols from pooled plant material collected at six sites across the Tuscan Archipelago (Capraia, Elba, and Giglio Islands) by gas chromatography\u2013mass spectrometry (GC\u2013MS) and headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled with GC\u2013MS (HS-SPME\u2013GC\u2013MS). The analyzed pooled site samples shared an essential-oil profile dominated by neryl acetate (24.90\u201334.01%), \u03b3-curcumene (9.10\u201314.91%), \u03b1-pinene (5.05\u201314.17%), and neryl propionate (4.37\u20139.14%), while their relative abundances differed among the analyzed pooled site samples. Marked differences were observed among the hydrosol headspace profiles. Within the HS-SPME\u2013GC\u2013MS profiles, eucalyptol showed the highest relative peak-area contribution in the four Capraia pooled samples (39.13\u201394.56%), whereas the Elba profile was dominated by neryl acetate (56.36%). The Giglio profile was mainly characterized by nerol (29.81%), fenchyl alcohol (21.72%), and 4-terpineol (16.56%). 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