Lavender
From Wikur Essential Oils and Fragrances
Contents
Classification
- Botanical Name : Lavandula angustifolia, Lavandula officinalis
- Other Names : common lavender, true lavender, narrow-leaved lavender
- CAS Number : 8000-28-0
- Origin : Bulgaria, France, Spain
Extraction Method
- Parts Used : Whole plant
- Crop :
- Steam distillation
- Physical Description : colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
Olfactory Description
- Family : Rustic, Camphoraceous
- Perfumery Note: Top/Middle
- fresh floral lavender camphoraceous herbal sweet aromatic spicy
Chemical Constituents
- anethole : 0,15 %
- borneol : 1,85 %
- camphene : 0,76 %
- camphor : 3,67 %
- delta-3-carene : 0,11 %
- beta-caryophyllene : 2,67 %
- 1,8-cineole : 4,31 - 22,90 %
- para-cymene : 1,06 %
- geraniol : 0,44 %
- limonene : 2,06 %
- linalool : 22,53 - 44,44 %
- linalyl acetate : 22,04 - 34,69 %
- lavandulol : 0,31 - 0,84 %
- lavandulyl acetate : 2,27%
- myrcene : 0,29 %
- beta-ocimene : 1,64 %
- beta-pinene : 0,68 %
- sabinene : 0,13 %
- terpinen-4-ol : 5,39 %
- alpha-terpineol : 1,22 %
- alpha-thujene : 1,53 %
Aromatherapy
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