Ylang Ylang Extra Essential Oil Profile
Botanical: Cananga odorata |
Origin: Madagascar |
Method: Steam Distilled
Characteristics:
A pale yellow, oily liquid with a rich, floral-balsamic, slightly spicy, bourbon-like scent, with depth and richness. It blends well with rosewood, jasmine, vetiver, opopanax, bergamot, mimosa, cinnamon, balsam Peru, rose, tuberose, labdanum, and others. It is excellent to tone down the sweetness of high-floral blends.
Principal Constituents:
These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.
- methyl benzoate
- methyl salicylate
- methyl paracretol
- benzyl acetate
- eugenol
- geraniol
- linalol
- terpenes
- pinene
- cadinene
Safety:
Non-toxic, non-irritant, a few cases of sensitization reported.
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