Ylang Ylang Oil
Botanical Name
Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson (var. genuina)
Olfactive Family
Floral
Olfactory Profile:
Fresh, floral, spicy, woody
Origin
Comores, Madagascar
Process:
Steam distillation from the flowers
Main Components:
beta-Caryophyllene, d-germacrene, alpha-farnesene
CAS Number:
83863-30-3; 8006-81-3
FEMA Number:
3119
Crop season:
January till December
Did you know?
With its rich, floral, solar fragrance, ylang ylang is widely considered the ‘flower of flowers’. Its potential as a fragrance was noted in the nineteenth century by French perfumers for the composition of floral bouquets.
It takes about 50kg of ylang ylang flowers to obtain 1kg of essential oil.