Description
Jonquil Enfleurage Maceration Essential Oil
5ml
Narcissus tazetta
Known as Bridal Crown Narcissus
5ml
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Aroma: Character: Musky Floral, Green grassy Spring-like notes. semi waxy in cool temperatures and will melts at warm room temperature.
Jonquil Enfleurage blends well with gardenia abs, jasmine abs, kumquat, lavender grosso, orange, neroli, ylang-ylang, vanilla, and violet leaf essential oils.
Whether you call them Narcissus, or Jonquils, these white brightly brightly coloredmiddle of cheerful yellow and off white flowersShape like star gardenina or jasmine layerd petals are among the earliest blooms to poke their heads through the frozen soil in early spring. Heralding that warm days are coming, these yearly flowers remind us no winter freeze can last forever.
This elegant Enfleurage Oil is made with Narcissus flowers, using the cold extraction method. We cut the flowertops away from stems to avoid the toxic sap and use only the delicate flowers. We used mostly organic Israeli Virgin Coconut Oil, Babasou Oils, jojoba oil, and a small amount of Israeli Desert Date Palm as the base to capture the elusive scent that cannot be captured or produced in traditional methods such as steam distillation.
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The delicate flowers are carefully applied onto the base, while they exhale their gorgeous elegant aroma. Then these flowers are diligently recharged with new flowers regularly every 24 to 26 hours for 30 days or more, to coax these flowers to produce their true scent. we used mostly Jonquil yellow flowers and a few white Narcissus.
Application:
We debated whether or not to put this one in a wide-mouth bottle or a regular essential oil bottle. The regular essential oil bottle won because this oil melts into a liquid at room temp and would be easier to apply. Just hold the bottle in hand to bring to a liquid state and then apply with a clean finger to pulse points, wrists, back of the neck, and behind the ears.
What is enfleurage?
Enfleurage is a beautiful ancient technique of extracting fragrance from delicate flowers. The botanical is placed on to a layer of fat that absorbs the scent of the fresh breathing flowers. The flowers are replaced every day for an extensive period of time until the aroma is captured. The base that absorbs the flower-scented molecules is called a “pomade”. There is a method that was devised in France in the late 18th century using animal fat such as lard, and then the fat was further mixed with alcohol and then heated to burn off leaving the enfleurage oil. However, We do stop at the “pomade” stage, so NO alcohol spirits are used in our batch, and the fat we use is organic, 100% plant-based, and Kosher.
Pomade was also historically made in Ancient Egypt, Israel, and most of the Middle East which used the same technique of applying flowers to a base of fat long before 18th Century France started their alcohol technique. In Israel and parts of Egypt, Date Palm was most commonly used during Biblical times by very skilled perfumers and apothecaries often not only used for perfume but as a medicine too.
Researchers are extracting certain compounds from the bulbs to be used for Alzheimer’s treatments. the flower represents rebirth and renewal. It is thought by Science Researchers and Herbalists alike think that just inhaling its aroma can bring new memories and restore old ones in dementia patients. Of course, more research obviously needs to be done.
The flower is also processed for aromatic compounds added to perfumes for a dark green leaf smell with a light hint of white floral. Our enfleurage pomade is mindfully made in very small batches when the flowers are in season. It really is labor-intensive. The aroma is subtle and true.
Keep in a cool place or a refrigerator to preserve freshness. Store away from direct sunlight, bright lights, and high temperatures.
