Description
Styrax Absolute Essential Oil-5ml
לבנה רפואי ‘nataf’- נטף
Styrax benzoin
Artisan Handcrafted in Israel
Part: Resin
Method: Natural Solvent Extraction (sugar cane extraction)
Country: Yemen Socotra
Color: Yellow Amber to a Dark Brown Amber
CONSISTENCY: Thick
The bottle comes with cone cone-lined screw top
Aroma: Sweet, soft vanilla resin
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 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 Jordan 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 the 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.
