Botanical Name
Lavandula angustifolia / Lavandula officinalis
Common Method of Extraction
Steam Distilled
Plant Part Typically Used
Leaves and Flowers/Buds
Color
Clear with a Tinge of Yellow
Consistency
Thin
Perfumery Note
Top/Middle
Strength of Initial Aroma
Medium
Aromatic Description
Lavender Essential Oil smells floral, fresh, sweet, herbaceous and sometimes slightly fruity. It can be slightly camphorous.
Lavender Essential Oil Uses
- Acne
- Allergies
- Anxiety
- Asthma
- Athlete’s Foot
- Bruises
- Burns
- Chicken Pox
- Colic
- Cuts
- Cystitis
- Depression
- Dermatitis
- Dysmenorrhea
- Earache
- Flatulence
- Headache
- Hypertension
- Insect Bites
- Insect Repellent
- Itching
- Labor Pains
- Migraine
- Oily Skin
- Rheumatism
- Scabies
- Scars
- Sores
- Sprains
- Strains
- Stress
- Stretch Marks
- Vertigo
- Whooping Cough
Major Constituents of Bulgarian Lavender Essential Oil
- Linalyl Acetate
- Linalool
- (Z)-B-Ocimene
- Lavandulyl acetate
- Terpinene-4-ol
- B-Caryophyllene
- (E)-B-Farnesene
- (E)-B-Ocimene
- 3-Octanyl Acetate