Lavandula angustifolia
True lavender
- Linalool / linalyl acetate
The most-sold essential oil in the world and the one most often used undiluted. True lavender has a camphor content of about 1% and a linalyl…
By botanical part
flower
6 published monographs fall under this facet. A facet here is not a taxonomy label but a safety clue: plants in the same family often share cross-reactivity risk, and the same botanical part often shares extraction and oxidation behaviour.
Monographs in this facet
Chamaemelum nobile
Roman chamomile
- Isobutyl angelate / isoamyl angelate ester type
The gentlest reputation on this site, and the highest price per millilitre. Roman chamomile is an ester oil — 52% angelate esters by the profile…
Cananga odorata forma genuina
Ylang-ylang (III)
- Benzyl acetate / linalool / methyl benzoate, graded I to III
Ylang-ylang is the only oil on this site sold by grade rather than by species, because it is a fractional distillate: the first fraction is grade…
Salvia sclarea
Clary sage
- Linalyl acetate / linalool with sclareol
Clary sage is 60% linalyl acetate — the highest ester content on this site — and it is the only oil here with a documented interaction with…
Citrus aurantium
Neroli
- Linalool / linalyl acetate / anthranilate ester type
Neroli is the flower of the bitter orange tree, and it is the only oil on this site that is both high in linalool and genuinely expensive — a…
Helichrysum italicum
Helichrysum (immortelle)
- Neryl acetate / italidione type
Helichrysum is the most expensive oil in common aromatherapy use after rose, and it is sold on claims about bruising and skin repair that no…