Aura Cacia Lavender Essential Oil France/Ukraine/Bulgaria 2 oz
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Lavender
Lavender's perfectly balanced
floral-herbaceous aroma provides an unmatched array of attributes - calming,
relaxing, refreshing, toning and cleansing - making it the most popular oil
in aromatherapy.
Safety Info:
Keep out of reach of children. For external use only. Dilute
properly. Product Notes:
Color: Colorless to pale
yellow Viscosity: Mobile Top Note: Sweet fruity floral Middle Note: Sweet herbaceous refreshing balsamic-woody undertone. Dry Note: Clean floral herbaceous. Should not be camphoraceous. Aromatherapy Actions: Balancing, soothing, normalizing, gently
clarifying, calming, and relaxing. Safety Data: Non-toxic, non-irritant, non-sensitizing. Regulatory Status: GRAS 182.20.
Origin: France/Ukraine/Bulgaria Processing Notes: Essential oil is obtained by steam distillation of
the fresh flowering tops.
The aroma of
lavender has wafted through human history. It was used in ancient Egyptian
perfumes and incense, and strewn over the stone floors of medieval castles as
a disinfectant and deodorant. Today lavender essential oil is a component of
many aromatherapy blends.
Lavender's unique aroma is herbaceous and
fresh, yet sweet, subtle and floral: a perfect balance of relaxing and uplifting
characteristics. In fact, according to aromatherapists, the balancing attribute
is lavender's most prevalently described aromatherapy benefit.
Lavender essential oil contains up to 40%
linalyl acetate and 30% linalol. Linalol is a terpene alcohol that is non-toxic
to the human organism, yet naturally germicidal. Linalyl acetate has a pleasant,
sweet fruity-floral aroma. The combination of antimicrobial and sweetness is the
key to lavender's effectiveness in cosmetic and aromatherapy preparations.
Lavender essential oil is steam distilled from
the flowering tops of Lavendula officinalis, also known botanically as
Lavendula angustifolia and Lavendula vera. The lavender plant
is native to the rocky slopes that front the Mediterranean Sea. Centuries of
cultivation in the Grasse region of southern France have produced some of the
most highly developed forms of lavender plant and arguably the finest lavender
essential oil in the world. Other oil producing countries include Tasmania,
Spain, Italy, England and China.
Lavender essential oil is fresh and
flowery-sweet with a fleeting light fruity tone, gradually becoming more
floral-herbaceous and balsamic-woody but maintaining its sweetness and
pleasantness. The oil is not very tenacious. When it dries out it leaves behind
a faint, sweet-herbaceous aroma. Good lavender oil isn't overly sharp,
herbaceous, penetrating or camphoraceous.
Lavender is one of the most adaptable
essential oils for creating aromatherapy blends or fragrances. It adapts well to
rich floral oils like rose otto or strong herbaceous oils like camphoraceous
rosemary. The aromatherapy benefits of lavender are equally adaptable. A rich,
sedative floral blend can be made more refreshing and uplifting, an
invigorating, herbaceous more soothing by adding lavender.
Try the following balancing aromatherapy blend
in the bath (5 to 10 drops per bath), a spray mister (10 drops per ounce of
distilled water), or in an aromatherapy lamp:
Some species closely related to lavender
produce essential oils of use to the aromatherapist. The lavadin plant (Lavendula
hybrida) is the hybrid offspring of Lavendula officinalis and
Lavendula latifolia.
Lavandin oil is fresh, sweet-herbaceous and camphoraceous. In aromatherapy
blends it is uplifting, gently clarifying and refreshing. Lavendula spica,
known as spike lavender, produces an essential oil that is camphoraceous,
dry-woody and rosemary like.
Spike lavender oil is gently invigorating clarifying and uplifting.
Lavender essential oil's unique
floral-herbaceous aroma and relatively safe and gentle aromatherapeutic action
make it one of the most important aromatherapy essential oils. Its adaptability
to blending and moderate price make it especially useful for the beginning
aromatherapist.
*Above statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
