Essential Oils
Ylang-Ylang VOP.
A ylang-ylang distilled the very old way, for up to 18 hours: fruity at first, then deep, spicy and resonant. We call it the ylang-ylang for people who don't like ylang-ylang.
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About this product
A scent that changes as you watch it. Ylang-ylang VOP opens with fruity top notes, something like birch beer, and a lighter floral than you would expect, then dries down deep, spicy, smooth and resonant. It is a chameleon: even our chief pourer, who knows our other ylang-ylangs well, did not recognize it on a scent strip.
It is Cananga odorata, steam-distilled from the flowers in Madagascar by VOP, the very old process. Ylang-ylang is traditionally distilled in fractions, the still halted at intervals to collect each one, the first higher in esters and the later ones in sesquiterpenes. In the very old process the flowers are distilled for far longer, up to 18 hours and sometimes more. The distiller keeps the rest of his method to himself, though the chemist who analyzed it believes this oil was collected early in the run. Privately, we call it the ylang-ylang for people who don't like ylang-ylang.
Details
- Botanical name: Cananga odorata
- Origin: Madagascar
- Method: steam distillation by the very old process (VOP)
- Shelf life: about 2 to 3 years after opening
How to use
Blend it, well diluted, into perfumes, relaxing massage oils or a facial oil for oily skin. Tisserand and Young note a moderate risk of skin sensitization, so avoid hypersensitive, damaged or diseased skin, and do not use it with children under two. Never take it internally.
A shape-shifting floral for anyone who thought ylang-ylang was not for them.
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