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Endless Ylang Ylang Flowers

by Andrea Butje on November 11, 2011

I was just standing outside my house admiring our Ylang Ylang tree. She has grown huge in the past few years, and she produces hundreds of flowers throughout the year. I can smell the aroma of the flowers all the way down the street! The sweet floral aroma comes wafting into the bedroom window at [...]

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Ylang Ylang

by Andrea on December 26, 2010

Aromatics International imports their Ylang Ylang (Canaga odorata) essential oil from a South African distiller who has been in the essential oil business since 1983. Clive works with rural communities and emerging farmers to establish crops specifically for essential oils. His daughter, Jessica, works with him in the business concentrating primarily on organic essential oils. [...]

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Ylang Ylang

by Andrea on January 4, 2010

The heavy scent of YlangYlang fills our heads during warm humid nights and early mornings. The scent is so strong and carries so far that we have neighbors a few houses down inhaling deeply whenever the tree blooms.  Our little neighborhood is indeed mellow and sweet smelling these days as the tree has sprung an [...]

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We’re very proud to be sharing the first of an upcoming series of videos produced by Aromahead Institute, School of Essential Oil Studies. Take a quick walk in the garden with Andrea Butje, owner of Aromahead Institute and she’ll introduce you to a beautiful ylang ylang tree and a luscious jasmine bush as they bloom [...]

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