Description
Woodbine Honeysuckle Absolute Essential Oil
2ml of oil is poured into a 5ml bottle
Made with Real Honeysuckle Blossoms
Natural Solvent Extracted
Lonicera periclymenum
USA/ Canada
Sticky green semi-viscous oil, which has a dark green to green-brown color in appearance.
Woodbine Honeysuckle is a climbing plant, common in hedgerows, scrub, and woodlands, where it twines itself around other shrubs and trees. Whorls of trumpet-shaped flowers appear from May to June to early September, and clusters of red berries ripen in the autumn.
The sweet and strong scent of Woodbine Honeysuckle, carried on a warm summer night breeze, is one of the most delightful experiences of the Summer and early Fall Season. In the fall it is the scent is strongest at night where the blossoms has a bit of a herby sweet green note than it does in the springtime and it’s scent is strong enough to attract pollinating moths. This scent is a welcome addition to any garden. Our woodbine honeysuckles begin blooming in late spring and end in early Fall.
How it’s Made:
Flower petals are harvested by hand, one at a time, when they begin to bloom. The blossoms are gathered at twilight and quickly put into the fat carrier oils like coconut, shea butter, and babasou to capture the lovely honeysuckle tea like aroma.
Then we carefully dry some petals and then place those into a sugarcane liquid to extract the green, sweet, and bright notes of the blossoms. We place into our crucible evap to separate the alcohol and the blossom oil from the fat. This oil is very different from our fresh flower solvent extracted absolute, CO2 extracted, and Otto hydro-distilled essential oils.
To be honest, no matter the method whether it’s a solvent-extracted absolute or a CO2 extraction these honeysuckle extracts are generally tricky to work with in blends. It really comes down to the essential oils, carrier oils, or solvents you pair them with. It has a bit of a waxy feel, which also impacts how it blends.
The Extraction process captures all the essential oil molecules to bring a creamy sweet, zetsy apricot-like, slightly green, and sweet green, and herby finish. So, this why we dried the flowers to lock in the green sweet notes.
Honeysuckle Absolute is a rare and often hard to find essence, largely because of its low yield, high cost, and the overwhelming presence of counterfeit versions that flood and, unfortunately, often meet the demand in today’s market. So get this one while you can because the oil sells extremely fast.
Benefits: Detox, acute infections, and inflammations. cleanses and purifies the blood, and an antipyretic, fever with its cooling properties, sore throats, swollen joints, and headaches. Can be used in skincare, and DIY cosmetic products. May be used as a chest rub to relieve symptoms of asthma, coughs, and bronchitis. help with expelling phlegm and relieving pain.
PLEASE NOTE:
Honeysuckle has salicylic acid in it and can be used to relieve pain due to inflammation. Not recommended for anyone with a coagulation issue such as Hemophilia to use. It also should be avoided by anyone taking blood thinners.
See our Honeysuckle Hydrosol here
See our Honeysuckle Maceration essential oil here
See our Med Honeysuckle Absolute
See our Honeysuckle Otto hydro-distilled
Picture Credit: Photo taken by Hodaya Peek-Weiss
****The statements in this shop have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
