Essential oils · Floral family
Lavender essential oil
Lavandula angustifolia
Oải hương · Lamiaceae
Herbs first, sweetness after. The opening has a green note close to hay, then the soft sweetness appears and stays for quite a while.
The two compounds behind it are linalool and linalyl acetate, and the ratio between them decides whether the bottle leans towards flower or leaf. Lavandin is quite different because it also contains camphor, which makes it sharper and colder.
Most Vietnamese people know lavender through fabric softener, which is far sweeter than the real plant. So the first time they smell the essential oil, many find it “doesn’t smell like lavender”. In fact, the familiar smell is the one that has been sweetened.
- Plant part
- Flowers
- Vietnamese name
- Oải hương
- Scent family
- Floral
- Plant family
- Lamiaceae
- Lots published
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Published lots
No lots yet. When the first lot arrives, its GC/MS analysis will be published here — unedited, with the lot number printed on the bottle label.
Buy Lavender
This oil is in the catalogue but no lot has been brought in, so it is not on sale yet. Message us if you need it — what we stock next depends on what buyers ask for.
Elsewhere in the catalogue
No lot of this oil yet. The oils below are close to it botanically or in how they are extracted — some of them already have lots.
Same plant family: Lamiaceae Bergamot mint · Clary sage · Holy basil (tulsi) · Melissa · Perilla · Spearmint · Spike lavender · Thyme ct thymol
Also from the flowers Blue tansy · Champaca · Clary sage · Clove bud · German chamomile · Neroli · Night jasmine · Spike lavender
Same method: direct steam distillation Blue cypress · Ceylon cinnamon · Fokienia · Geranium · Melissa · Spike lavender · Thyme ct linalool · Vietnamese balm