Description
- 100% pure Ylang-Ylang essential oil.
- Botanical Name: Cananga odorata var genuina
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Flowers
- Color: Clear with a Yellow Tinge
- Consistency: Medium
- Perfumery Note: Middle/Base
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium – Strong
- Aromatic : Fresh, floral, sweet, slightly fruity, fragrant yet delicate.
- Possible Uses: Anxiety, depression, frigidity, hypertension, palpitations, stress. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 61-67.]
- Constituents (Depends on the distillation): Linalol Farnesol Geraniol Geranial Benzyl Acetate Geranyl Acetate Eugenol Methyl Chavicol Pinene Beta-Caryophyllene Farnasene
Safety Information: Tisserand and Young indicate that Ylang Ylang Essential Oil may pose a moderate risk of skin sensitization and recommend dermal maximum of 0.8%. They caution to avoid use for those with hypersensitive/diseased/damaged skin and in children younger than 2. Reading Tisserand and Young’s full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 476-480.]
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