Lavender Fine AOP oil

Description

Experience the pure quality of Fine Lavender AOP essential oil from Provence, the heart of France. This premium oil comes from the Lavandula angustifolia, the real lavender that grows on sun-drenched hillsides.

The AOP (Appellation d’Origine Protégée) certification guarantees that the oil comes from a specific region and meets strict quality standards. Only producers from the French departments of Drôme, Vaucluse, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes are permitted to supply this oil. The lavender must be grown at an altitude of at least 800 metres.

Of the total annual production of around 100 tonnes of lavender oil, less than 10 tonnes are awarded the AOP certification. This makes this oil particularly exclusive.

In Provence, growers cultivate and harvest lavender using traditional methods. This ensures that the fragrance and quality are preserved to the highest standard. Steam distillation of the flowering tops produces a gentle, floral and harmonious fragrance that promotes calm and balance.

AOP

AOP means that the lavender must come from a specific geographical area, such as Provence in France. This region has the perfect climate for lavender, and the use of AOP certification guarantees that the lavender is grown and distilled using traditional methods. This not only ensures that the oil is pure and of excellent quality, but also protects the region’s cultural heritage.

The distillation process

The lavender flowers are processed immediately after harvesting, whilst they are still fresh. This is important, as it ensures that the volatile compounds are retained as effectively as possible. The sooner distillation takes place after harvesting, the better the quality of the oil. The flowers are placed in a copper or stainless steel still. Hot steam is then passed through the plant material at low pressure. This steam opens the tiny oil glands in the flowers, releasing the essential oil. The pressure used is lower than in industrial lavandin production, ensuring that the oil retains a gentler and more complex fragrance. As AOP lavender comes from a small area and is processed with care, the yield is limited, but the quality is exceptionally high. Due to this process and the limited yield, the oil is more expensive than other types of lavender.

The effects of this Lavender Fine AOP oil are similar to those of lavender oil. 

View of humanity

The driving force behind the Lavender type is “I’m not good enough”, which often has its roots in childhood. This is because these people often to be highly sensitive Because of parents who have high expectations of their children, which those children have been unable to fulfil. People like this carry this feeling of not being good enough with them throughout their lives and feel, time and again, that they are falling short in the eyes of those around them. They feel guilty and believe they are not a good spouse or a good parent. This is often accompanied by a rejection of their own body, and they are unable to feel at ease in their everyday environment or in their sexuality. These people have a choice and will first need to let go of the past in order to rediscover their true selves.

Mental

Lavender oil is a essential oil which restores harmony and creates a pleasant, fresh and purifying atmosphere, just like lemon oil. Lavender oil has a positive effect on the nerves and the nervous system, dispels negative thoughts and is particularly well known for its beneficial effect on falling asleep.

Spiritual

Lavender oil balances the higher and lower chakras. Lavender oil has an affinity with the third chakra and helps to soothe intense emotions. Lavender is also associated with the seventh chakra; here, the oil makes it easier to enter a trance and helps you to connect with your higher self, so that precious knowledge becomes available to you. It is a good oil to use during meditation and visualisation. The oil has an energising effect balancing.

Affirmation: ""I am healthy, whole and complete. I am calm, relaxed and I take a deep breath, knowing that everything is fine."

Physical

In aromatherapy, lavender oil is regarded as the most versatile oil because it has so many properties. No household should be without a bottle of lavender oil!
Lavender oil helps you sleep well. The oil helps to maintain healthy skin. The oil is beneficial for the skin’s connective tissue. To promote sleep, make a base oil, for example 100 ml Grape seed oil, containing 50 drops of lavender. Rub it all over your body and then hop into a warm shower. Sleep well!

Lavender oil has a synergistic effect, which means that if you add a drop of lavender to a mixture of various essential oils its effectiveness is enhanced.

Mixes well with

All citrus oils, Geranium, Patchouli, Incense, Aniseed, with everything, really

Chakras

All the chakras

Crystals

Amethyst, Ametrine, Angelite, Selenite, Hemimorphite, Lapis Lazuli, Rock crystal

Contraindication

None

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