Helichrysum Essential Oil Profile
Botanical: Helichrysum italicum |
Origin: Balkan Penninsula |
Method: Steam Distilled
Characteristics:
A pale yellow to red oily liquid with a powerful, rich honey-like scent with a delicate tea-like undertone. It blends well with chamomiles, boronia, labdanum, lavender, mimosa, oakmoss, geranium, clary sage, rose, balsam Peru, clove bud and citrus oils.
Principal Constituents:
These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.
- neral
- neral acetate
- geraniol
- pinene
- linalol
- isovaleric aldehyde
- sesquiterpenes
- furfurol
- eugenol
Safety:
Non-toxic, non-irritant, non-sensitizing.
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