Ginger Lily Absolute

Description

Energetic Properties:Ginger lily absolute is sweet and seductive with hints of honey and melon. It is fresh and vibrant bringing an instant feeling of vitality and regeneration when you commune with it. It’s very balanced and along with the vital life force that it energetically stimulates, it is also calming and grounding.  This absolute is not only delicious to smell but ideal to lift one’s spirits and emotions when feeling tired, heavy and maybe even a bit depressed. If you are feeling overwhelmed, Ginger Lily will bring you back to a centered place within, remind you to breathe and come back into alignment with the self. A definite ally  to carry with you during these crazy times.

Smell: Delicious, floral, sweet (honey), sensual, creamy, spicy, intense. 

Perfumery note: Middle note

Main Chemical Constituents: Linalool, Isoeugenol, Indole , Methyl benzoate, Valeric acid, Jasmine lactone, Benzyl benzoate, Methyl jasmonate

Adulteration and quality: There are efforts to assess and standardize this essential oil to be able to assess for adulteration. (2)

Citation:

1. Singh, A.P.; Chitme, H.; Sharma, R.K.; Kandpal, J.; Behera, A.; Abdel-Wahab, B.A.; Orabi, M.A.; Khateeb, M.M.; Habeeb, M.S.; Bakir, M.B. A Comprehensive Review on Pharmacologically Active Phyto-Constituents from Hedychium species. Molecules2023, 28, 3278. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28073278
2. Asit Ray, Biswabhusan Dash, et. al., Assessment of the terpenic composition of Hedychium coronarium oil from Eastern India, Industrial Crops and Products, Volume 97, 2017, 49-55, ISSN 0926-6690, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.11.063.