Description
Tan Hua Night Queen Flower Maceration Essential Oil
Epiphyllum oxypetalum
5ml Violet Miron Bottle
Enfleurage Method Extracted
Grown in the USA
Plant family Cactaceae
Also known as Queen of the Night Cactus Flower, Queen Night Blooming Flower, and Keng Hua. Aroma is a soft Jasmine and Gardenia notes, with some Honeysuckle, musky, with a slightly orange floral or light citrus green aromatic sweet undertones, creating a rich aromatic experience.
The Night Queen blooming flower is so strong when she is in her full glory, but since she is such a delicate flower, it is almost impossible to get that intense high level of fragrance. Night Queen, with its distinctive tropical flower aroma, is a luring lullaby for the senses. Sweet and soothing, it envelopes you in nature’s embrace. We managed to get her to release her essence the only way we knew how, through the enfleurage process, so we can put her glorious aroma in a bottle.
There is actually no price tag high enough to put on the Night Queen-Tan Hua flower, even in an oil form, so, we are only charging the cost of our labor and production time in creating this oil. This flower itself is in reality priceless.
These fresh bloomed flowers were infused as an enfleurage using a very old method of the delicate flower’s aroma into fatty oils like these three amazing oils of Coconut, Shea Butter, and Babassu, and then the flowers were recharged several times literally from several plant blooms at different nights and time from one another.
The awesome part is to see the flower last a bit longer suspended in the enfleurage tray of fatty oils. Considering the flowers wilt before dawn, meaning the fragrance is fleeting and often associated with a single night of blooming. You have to catch the flower in its blooming cycle and quickly pluck it, and add to the oil, quickly, before she fades away, then we just add again and again to soak to capture the gorgeous aroma.
Then we let the lifeless flowers left on the bush dry and harvest, and then soaked them in the enfleurage fat oil along with some coconut oil, and then blended the two enfleurage macerations to capture the flowers’ whole lifecycle from life to expiration.
The Aroma is very exotic and alluring, but not overpowering. It smells almost like a light jasmine, gardenia, and some honeysuckle notes, with a slightly orange floral aroma. The oils has a feel of a light waxy oil, soft to the touch feel when applied to the skin. This one is perfect for a diffuser or adding to a perfumer’s accord. No perfumer’s alcohol was used in this extraction process.
The plant is special not only because its flowers are so beautiful both in appearance and aroma. Some people believe your household will be blessed with many blessings and prosperity if you actually witness one of your tan hua flowers blooming and smell its gorgeous aroma.
Just when you think the aroma has disappeared on your skin, you will catch a soft kiss of the aroma throughout your day, and someone might comment on its gorgeous aroma, while you may not smell it at all. Either way, you share the bloom’s full purpose by experiencing its aroma, which is said to bring wealth and good health to all who can smell it. It is just another way to bless others with this good fortune, so I had to bottle it.
Some people actually throw a blooming watch party, so prosperity will be abundant for all who see and smell the blooms. The blooms are so simple but incredibly majestic; it struck me immediately when I saw one for the first time. It’s almost as if it’s back-lit, standing out in the blackness of the night. It was mesmerizing and amazing to behold!
Epiphyllum oxypetalum is an easily cultivated, fast-growing Epiphyllum. It flowers in late spring through late summer; large specimens can produce several crops of flowers in one season. Fun fact: dragon fruit is also an epiphyllum. Flower looks very similar to tan hua. This is a widely cultivated Epiphyllum species.
The oil may go semi-solid in cool temps. Gently warm the bottle by holding it in your hand or sit the bottle in a warm bath at the bottle’s halfway point. Avoid getting water into the bottle to warm it.
It is known to have medicinal properties in many Asian cultures, including India, Vietnam, and Malaysia. The plant is widely used in traditional medicine to treat respiratory ailments, bleeding conditions, and is also believed to have the property of reducing pain and inflammation. There are so many remarkable medicinal properties of this plant, which has been used for centuries in some Asian and tropical American countries.
We are attempting to do an absolute oil from flowers in a sugarcane extraction in a crucible vacuum method. It will be listed here as well when it’s ready.
