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5 Great Ways to Use Hydrosols

by Andrea Butje on November 30, 2011

What is a hydrosol? Hydrosols are pure healing waters produced during distillation. When plant material is distilled it is exposed to either boiling water,  steam or both.  The steam moves through the plant, breaks open the structures that contain the essential oil and other plant fluids. They are then carried with the steam and are separated [...]

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Three Reasons to Love Geraniol

by Andrea on August 30, 2010

Palmarosa is high in geraniol. The current batch we have contains 75%. What is so great about geraniol? It is cooling. When you make a spray with an oil high in geraniol (try palmarosa) and spray it on the back of you neck on a hot summer day, the relief comes fast! You can also [...]

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