
Essential Oils
Galbanum CO2.
Wildcrafted Iranian galbanum, CO2 extracted in Germany: vivid green, like fresh twigs with buds about to burst, the temple incense of Exodus and an old oil of springtime renewal.
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About this product
The first warm morning of spring, a greenhouse door swung open, and the air rushing out moist and alive with moss and leaf mulch. Galbanum smells like that: vivid green, but not a leaf green, more the fresh twigs of early spring with buds waiting to burst into life. It is complex and multi-layered, like a scent half remembered.
It is an ancient aromatic. The author of Exodus named it as a component of the temple incense, and the Romans used it in ritual anointings for springtime. If you are planning a ritual for the spring equinox, this may be the oil.
How to use
Dilute it as you would any essential oil, and blend with a very light hand: it tends to move in and take over. Treat it as a very green middle to base note, and try it with lavender or geranium, with fir needle or spruce, or with carrot seed and rose otto in care for mature skin. Marguerite Maury cautioned against using it on young skin. It is not normally an irritant or sensitizer, but may cross-sensitize with benzoin or Peru balsam. Avoid working with it while pregnant.
Details
- Botanical name: Ferula galbaniflua
- Origin: Iran, wildcrafted resin
- Method: CO2 extraction, Germany
For the season of beginnings, a small green bottle of renewal.
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Galbanum CO2
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