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Enfleurage Lavenders and Their Close Relatives

Lavender essential oil—the essence of aroma.Lavender is a great, drought-resistant plant, with seemingly endless varieties, and it swims happily in both the olfactory and gustatory realms. We consider it as the aromatic face to aromatherapy, while still maintaining a strong and steady role in perfumery. Lavender is considered to have many indications, or uses, and has interesting and pleasurable side effects. It’s synonymous with relaxation, and always appropriate for yoga, shivasana, med …

Frankincense DIY Update

Frankincense has a special place in our hearts, as you probably know. And our Omani distillery continues to function, as it has throughout almost the entire pandemic. In fact, we continued to produce our excellent essential oil all the way through Covid with very few interruptions. I have updated the distillery website, and we have more than essential oil!We also have the spent biomass, with boswellic acids, and concentrate. We also have large amounts of hydrosol if you are in Dubai, or O …

New Lilac and Jasmine Pommades!

Delicious and smooth, new and luscious. Our new Pommades are here—lilac and jasmine!Remember, most flowers refuse to be distilled—jasmine and lilac are two of those. While some jasmines, like sambac, grandiflorum and a few others, will accept a hexane or CO2 extraction, jasmine polyanthum is not extracted, to my knowledge, anywhere, using those procedures. But all flowers can be enfleuraged.Why?Well, enfleurage is not really an extraction—it’s a persuasion. Almost every extraction, no mat …