Lavender Essential Oil, Bulgaria

How to Use Lavender Bulgaria Essential Oil

Perhaps the easiest way to use lavender oil is through simple, direct palm inhalation. Place a drop of this deeply soothing oil in the palm of your hand, gently rub your palms together, bring them towards your face and take a deep inhalation...the benefits of lavender are immediate and obvious! To our knowledge, no one has ever complained about the fragrance of lavender. It is universally loved and almost always appreciated. Diffuse it in your home to help you relax and to refresh the whole family. When you have guests over, their first comments are likely to be compliments on the fragrance of your home. Apply a drop topically to support skin health, including the soothing of insect bites, or apply as part of a cold compress to soothe any specific area of the body. At nighttime, place two drops on a cotton ball and tuck under your pillowcase before bed for an incredible night's rest. Add several drops to warm bathwater to help you relax at the end of a long day. Blend lavender oil with any massage oil and massage into skin to uplift mood and ease head and shoulder tension.

Lavender Bulgaria Essential Oil Recipes

• Deep Rest: 4 drops lavender, 2 drops Roman chamomile and 1 drop cedarwood. Add to a massage oil or to your diffuser.
• Feel Better Massage Blend: 4 drops mandarin, 2 drops grapefruit, 2 drops lavender and 2 drops Roman chamomile. Add to 15 mL of marula oil and massage into skin.
• Gentlest Aromatic Bath (for all ages): 2 drops lavender, 2 drops Roman chamomile. Add to warm bathwater.
• Skin Repair Blend: 4 drops lavender, 4 drops helichrysum and 2 drops rose in 15 mL of aloe vera gel. May also be applied neat.

Lavender Bulgaria Essential Oil Profile

Organically cultivated in Bulgaria, this oil is a blend of four different lavender varieties. Full and rich in its aromatic profile, it is ideally suited for therapeutic applications and perfumery purposes alike.

Safety Considerations for Lavender Bulgaria Essential Oil

Non-toxic, non-irritating and non-sensitizing. Do not take lavender essential oil internally.

Aromatic Profile and Blending of Lavender Bulgaria Essential Oil

Lavender oil's adaptability lends to easy, complimentary blending with most other oils, particularly floral and citrus oils. Some favorites include rose oil, chamomile oil, clary sage oil and vetiver oil. Create your own relaxing lavender massage oil by blending lavender oil with a carrier oil such as marula oil.

• Perfumery Note: Middle to top
• Odor: Sweet, floral-herbaceous, rich and assertive
• Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium
• Blends Well With:Bergamot and other citrus oils; clove, patchouli, rosemary, clary sage, pine; also palmarosa, black pepper, juniper, lemongrass, and peppermint

Product Details

• Botanical Name:Lavandula angustifolia
• Family: Labiatae
• Composition: 100% Pure Lavender Bulgaria Essential Oil
• Origin: Bulgaria
• Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation
• Cultivation/Harvesting: Organic
• Plant Part: Flowering tops
• Color: Clear to pale yellow
• Consistency: Thin
• Yield: 0.5% – 1.6%
• Bottle Size: ½ fl oz (15 mL)

Which Lavender Essential Oil is Best for Me?

Floracopeia is proud to offer a large selection of the highest quality lavender oils sourced from diverse locations and distillers. All of the lavender oils can be used interchangeably as they all have very similar therapeutic functions; they can also be blended together. Here is how our lavender varieties differ:

• Lavender Bulgaria Essential Oil: A full, rich, heady and multidimensional aroma. This variety is grown organically in Bulgaria and has a stronger and more assertive scent. This variety is often used in perfumery.
• Lavender Kashmir Essential Oil: Lighter, grassy and herbaceous, with a subtle sweetness. This Lavender is grown organically at a high altitude, in the valleys and foothills of the Himalayas. It has a sweet, lush, herbaceous bouquet. Due to the rich air and glacial waters where the lavender is grown, this essential oil is high in Linalool. Linalool is a compound that contributes soothing and relaxing qualities.
• Lavender Fine Population Essential Oil: Camphorous with subtle citrus notes. This EO is distilled from a variety known as "Fine Population". It is revered as a superb and consistently superior lavender oil due to its selective cultivation. The scent is described as complex sweet, and refreshing, with woody undertones.
• Maillette Lavender Essential Oil: Powdery and sweet, this maillette variety is often used in perfumery. Maillette is a shorter variety of lavender that produces a softer, less "sharp" aroma.
• Wild Lavender Essential Oil: A unique variety that blends spice notes and pungency for a more complex and intense aroma. This special oil come from plants that are hand-harvested from lavender that grows wild, high up in the mountains of Provence. 8000 acres are harvested to produce 10 kg of oil.

Ayurvedic Wisdom for Lavender Essential Oil

According to the ancient healing system of Ayurveda, lavender essential oil decreases problems caused by Vata, Pitta and Kapha (the biological forces of wind, fire and phlegm). By balancing "wind", lavender oil will assist in slowing down the overly active mind and will support tranquility and peacefulness. By balancing "fire", lavender oil will decrease excess heat in the body and mind and will support clarity and brightness of presence. By balancing "phlegm", lavender oil helps to lighten tendencies toward sluggishness, complacency and melancholy. Lavender is generally mood-uplifting and supports heightened energy.

Interesting Lavender Essential Oil Information

Modern aromatherapy as we know it owes its success in large part to the lavender plant. Though plants and essential oils have been used therapeutically for millennia, the term "aromatherapy" was not coined until 1937 by French chemist and perfumer, Rene Maurice Gattefosse. After burning himself badly in his laboratory, Gattefosse instinctively plunged his burned hand into the first available liquid compound, which happened to be lavender essential oil. According to Gattefosse, it not only immediately eased his pain but also helped heal his hand without any sign of infection or scar. Gattefosse was not a believer in the natural health movement per se, but this experience caused him to be interested in the therapeutic properties of essential oils.

It is commonly believed that the word lavender comes from the Latin word "lavare", meaning "to wash", because the Romans routinely used lavender in perfumed oils for bathing. In The Story of Lavender, however, author Sally Festing states that the word lavender most certainly did not come from "lavare", but from "livendula", which is Latin for "livid" or "bluish".

Thought to have been originally cultivated in Arabia, lavender may have been carried by Greek traders to the islands off the southern coast of France as early as 600 BC. Lavender’s native range now extends across the Canary Islands, North and East Africa, southern Europe and the Mediterranean and into certain regions of the Middle East and India. Though native to the Mediterranean region, it is now cultivated on every continent. True lavender grows at high altitudes above 2,000 ft.

Beginning with ancient Persians, lavender has been used in many cultures in bathing rituals for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks used the herb to treat throat infections and to ease constipation. European herbalists employed it in hydrosol form as a head lice treatment. Lavender was grown in European herb gardens in the Middle Ages, and was said to "comfort the stomach and the soul." The herb was also used in mummification processes in ancient Egypt, and was found in King Tutankhamen’s tomb. A favorite for strewing on the floor as it releases a wonderful aroma when crushed underfoot, lavender is often used these days in toilet water, as an insecticide or in sachets to be placed amongst linens.

Lavender is the most popular, and therefore the most adulterated, of all essential oils. It is estimated that 90% of all products labeled "lavender essential oil" are either derived from another species such as lavandin, or are diluted, or are outright synthetic fabrications.

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