Description
Styrax Absolute- RARE
לבנה רפואי ‘nataf’- נטף
Supply is limited
5ml Blue bottle Comes with cone line screw top
Species Name: Styrax benzoin
Part: Resin
Method: Natural Solvent Extraction (sugar cane extraction)
Country: Yemen Socotra
Color: Amber to dark brown
CONSISTENCY: Thick
NOTE: Base
Aroma: Sweet soft vanilla with a resiny soft floral spice
Styrax absolute from Yemen Socotra Island is a thick oil that smells very rich, sweet, resinous with a soft floral tone to it. Interesting material and would function well as a beautiful fixative in natural perfumery. Love working with this oil. Great for wound care and stops a small bleed, heals cuts and perfect to work with as a base note for perfume blends
Styrax the Hebrew word ‘nataf’- נטף . Nataf /’stacte’ is a synonym of tzori (means ‘a liquid drop) – its gum is obtained by making incisions in the stems and branches and the spice Stacte is used in the holy incense: Exodus 30:34.
Styrax benzoin absolute Essential Oil is also and commonly known as Oriental Sweetgum Onica and is a deciduous tree in the Liquidambar genus. It is a native of the Eastern Mediterranean mainly in the Southwestern area of Turkey and on the Greek island of Rhodes. Also found in part of Israel and Jordon valley.
Blends well with: Black pepper, copaiba balsam, coriander, cypress, geranium, frankincense, ginger, jasmine, juniper, lemon, myrrh, rose, and sandalwood
Bible resources:
Exodus 30:34
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices — gum resin, onycha and galbanum—and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts.
Ecclesiasticus 24:21
“And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm”
Hosea 4 :13 is one of several references to the styrax in the Bible. Although the shrub is referred to as “poplar” in this verse, its habitat on a mountaintop precludes both the white poplar and Euphrates poplar which are lowland trees. Styrax, is also known as Onyca, is a common shrub in many parts of the Middle East and is found both in the mountains as well as along rivers and streams. Considering its distribution and frequency, it is rather remarkable that it is mentioned more than a few times in the Bible.
In the early spring, styrax bears masses of creamy white, bell-shaped, and fragrant flowers. The fruits, produced at the end of the summer are fleshy, ball-like and white. Because the shrub is so attractive, it apparently became the object of adulation as noted in the passage from Hosea. The resin of the tree has been used in the production of perfume. In ancient times as well as medicine was also derived from the tree for wound care and a fever reducer.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
