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Rose and Geranium Essential Oil

Rose and Geranium Essential Oil

Rosa x centifolia/Pelargonium graveolens

Rose blossoms and geranium leaves are co-distilled together, and the result is one oil with a rosy, fresh, sweet character. Ours comes from organically grown plants in South Africa, steam distilled. The chemistry of Rosa x centifolia/Pelargonium graveolens leans heavily on monoterpenols, close to 47% of the oil on average. Citronellol leads, typically 24-30% in our batches, with geraniol usually 9-19% and a soft ester layer from citronellyl formate at roughly 9-13%. That combination is part of why this oil is loved for cooling hot situations, for calming, and for inspiring a joyful outlook. It is a nice companion during a transition, helping you cycle out old energy while staying balanced. Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested, and each batch's full report lives right here on this page.

Batch History & Chemistry

BatchDistilledOrigin
ROG-10801/23/2024South Africa
ROG-10701/14/2023South Africa
ROG-10603/15/2022South Africa
ROG-10505/01/2021South Africa
ROG-10404/01/2018South Africa
Distillation date
01/23/2024
Extraction
Steam Distilled
Cultivation
Organically Grown
Country of origin
South Africa

Top 5 components

of 96 measured

ComponentFamily%
citronellolMonoterpenol24.45%
citronellyl formateEster10.83%
geraniolMonoterpenol9.57%
6,9-guaiadieneSesquiterpene8.22%
isomenthoneKetone7.10%
Monoterpenol
citronellol24.45%
geraniol9.57%
linalool6.56%
nerol0.82%
α-terpineol0.70%
neoisomenthol0.22%
δ-terpineol0.15%
isopulegol0.07%
terpinen-4-ol0.06%
(Z)-isogeraniol0.06%
p-mentha-1,5-dien-8-ol0.05%
myrcenol0.05%
menthol0.03%
1-octanol0.01%
Ester
citronellyl formate10.83%
geranyl formate3.79%
geranyl propionate0.98%
geranyl butyrate0.73%
citronellyl butyrate0.54%
citronellyl acetate0.43%
neryl formate0.39%
geranyl tiglate0.39%
2-phenylethyl tiglate0.35%
citronellyl tiglate0.18%
geranyl 2-methylbutyrate0.11%
2-phenylethyl isobutyrate0.07%
geranyl caproate0.03%
(Z)-muurola-4(14),5-diene0.02%
neryl acetate0.01%
Sesquiterpene
6,9-guaiadiene8.22%
β-caryophyllene1.99%
β-bourbonene1.67%
germacrene D1.10%
α-guaiene0.78%
δ-cadinene0.69%
β-copaene0.68%
α-copaene0.51%
α-caryophyllene0.46%
β-selinene0.40%
γ-cadinene0.37%
β-elemene0.32%
allo-aromadendrene0.15%
β-cadinene0.14%
α-cubebene0.13%
α-selinene0.12%
γ-muurolene0.11%
(E)-cadina-1,4-diene0.09%
1-epi-bicyclosesquiphellandrene0.07%
italicene0.06%
β-bisabolene0.06%
α-ylangene0.06%
α-calacorene0.05%
β-caryophyllene · cis-caryophyllene0.04%
α-gurjunene0.04%
δ-guaiene0.04%
(E,E)-α-farnesene0.04%
δ-elemene0.03%
γ-amorphene0.03%
Ketone
isomenthone7.10%
menthone2.83%
6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one0.16%
Oxide
(Z)-rose oxide1.45%
(E)-rose oxide0.58%
linalool (Z)-oxide0.19%
humulene epoxide 20.05%
Other
uk0.82%
(E)-calamenene0.15%
nonadecane0.11%
35.02 geranyl valerate0.08%
6-methyl-3,5-heptadien-2-one0.07%
neo-menthyl acetate0.07%
31.62 tridecenol<2e->0.04%
33.82 citronellyl pentanoate0.04%
31.32 bourbonanone<1-nor->0.03%
heptadecane0.03%
3-methylpentanol0.03%
perillyl alcohol0.01%
Monoterpene
α-pinene0.40%
limonene (d)0.28%
β-myrcene0.20%
α-phellandrene0.11%
(E)-β-ocimene0.11%
p-cymene0.10%
(Z)-β-ocimene0.09%
δ-2-carene0.06%
terpinolene0.03%
β-pinene0.01%
Aldehyde
neral0.62%
geranial0.60%
Sesquiterpenol
(E)-myrtanol0.29%
α-muurolol0.22%
1,10-epi-cubenol0.15%
(Z)-sesquisabinene hydrate0.13%
epi-cubenol0.05%
junenol0.03%
1-octen-3-ol0.01%

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