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Ylang Ylang (Complete) Essential Oil

Ylang Ylang (Complete) Essential Oil

Cananga odorata var. genuina

Ylang Ylang (Complete) comes from the flowers of Cananga odorata var. genuina. Ours is steam distilled in Madagascar, from organically grown and wildcrafted flowers.

It's a sesquiterpene-rich oil, with that family averaging about 50% across our batches. Germacrene D typically runs 2-17% and β-caryophyllene 3-14%, with esters like geranyl acetate (about 2-11%) and a little linalool (2-14%) filling in the sweet, balsamic, floral character. This is the chemistry Ylang Ylang is loved for: deeply relaxing for the nervous system, calming to a busy mind, and emotionally uplifting at the same time. A single drop goes a long way.

Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested, and the full report for each one lives right here on this page, so you can see exactly what's in the bottle you have.

Batch History & Chemistry

BatchDistilledOrigin
YYL-11606/15/2025Madagascar
YYL-11505/01/2023Madagascar
YYL-11402/01/2020Madagascar
YYL-11306/01/2019Madagascar
YYL-11205/15/2019Madagascar
Distillation date
06/15/2025
Extraction
Steam Distilled
Cultivation
Organically Grown
Country of origin
Madagascar

Top 5 components

of 56 measured

ComponentFamily%
linaloolMonoterpenol13.58%
geranyl acetateEster10.97%
β-caryophylleneSesquiterpene9.59%
germacrene DSesquiterpene7.33%
(E,E)-α-farneseneSesquiterpene6.39%
Sesquiterpene
β-caryophyllene9.59%
germacrene D7.33%
(E,E)-α-farnesene6.39%
α-caryophyllene3.37%
δ-cadinene3.13%
(Z,E)-α-farnesene2.10%
γ-muurolene1.66%
γ-cadinene1.04%
α-amorphene0.88%
α-copaene0.85%
β-copaene0.84%
β-elemene0.51%
α-cadinene0.25%
zonarene0.19%
(Z)-cadina-1(6),4-diene0.18%
δ-amorphene0.18%
δ-elemene0.18%
dauca-5,8-diene0.17%
(E)-cadina-1,4-diene0.15%
benzyl alcohol0.13%
α-cubebene0.12%
Ester
geranyl acetate10.97%
benzyl benzoate6.38%
benzyl acetate3.02%
benzyl salicylate1.90%
cinnamyl acetate0.70%
prenyl acetate0.26%
geranyl benzoate0.16%
(Z)-muurola-3,5-diene0.11%
2-phenylethyl acetate0.10%
(Z)-3-hexenyl acetate0.10%
ethyl benzoate0.10%
Monoterpenol
linalool13.58%
geraniol2.20%
α-terpineol0.16%
Phenol
methyl-p-cresol5.45%
eugenol0.73%
Sesquiterpenol
α-cadinol2.10%
τ-muurolol1.50%
α-muurolol0.51%
junenol0.36%
1,10-epi-cubenol0.30%
(E)-nerolidol0.20%
elemol0.11%
guaiol0.11%
Other
farnesal<2z, 6z->1.83%
farnesoic acid<2e,6e->1.71%
1-nitro-2-phenyl ethane0.11%
Oxide
caryophyllene oxide0.52%
1,8-cineole0.33%
humulene epoxide 20.11%
Ether
estragole (methyl chavicol)0.32%
(E)-isoeugenol0.12%
Monoterpene
α-pinene0.19%
β-myrcene0.14%
Aldehyde
geranial0.11%

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