Ylang Ylang oil (Cananga Odorata) is good for all kinds of skin, because it normalizes your skin’s production of sebum, the natural oil or wax.
This makes it great for sensitive, dry, oily and combination skins.
If your sebaceous glands are producing too much sebum (which can lead to acne), this essential oil encourages them to ramp it down. If your skin is too dry and needs more, this oil gooses those glands to produce more.
Ylang Ylang is a great essential oil to add to your bath water when you’re tense or your muscles are sore, and you need to relax in a long, hot bath.
This oil is associated with peace of mind, relaxation, and romance. And on the feelings of arousal that follow physical relaxation, peace of mind and romance, leading some to call it an aphrodisiac.
According to none other than the pioneering anthropologist Margaret Mead, the Samoan Islanders she studied used it as an aphrodisiac.
In Indonesia greenish yellow Ylang Ylang flowers are scattered across the beds of newly married couples.
And it’s used in many perfumes fragrances, including Chanel No. 5.
It’s also good for your hair. Just rub some into your scalp to encourage thicker, fuller and healthier hair.
Ylang Ylang grows in the Southeast Asia and South Pacific area rain forests.
Chief components of Ylang Ylang essential oil include: benzyl acetate, benzyl benzoate linalool, caryophyllene, geranyl acetate, methyl benzoate, p-cresyl methyl ether and sesquiterpenes.
It’s pronounced “ee-lang ee-lang.” When you smell it, you have to smile with delight.
It is made through the complete unfractionated steam distillation of the essential oil from the flower. According to when the distillates are obtained, there are different grades: Extra, 1, 2, 3. Ylang Ylang Extra has the highest amount of esters.
In aromatherapy it is used as a steam facial. It’s light yellow in color.
It is an essential oil meaning you should not put it on your skin directly. Dilute it first by adding two drops of it to a teaspoon of some carrier oil, such as olive, coconut or jojoba. Some say to mix it half and half with coconut oil to make a great hair conditioner.
It blends well with bergamot, grapefruit, lavender and sandalwood essential oils.
By relaxing you, this oil may help people lower blood pressure.
The flower grows on the ylang ylang or cananga tree, also known as fragrant cananga, Macassar-oil plant, or perfume tree. It’s in the custard apple family Annonaceae.
It grows around fifteen feet per year, up to about forty feet high. It grows clusters of black fruit which are eaten by birds.
Its has antimicrobial properties that help it fight skin infections, and act as an anti-inflammatory to reduce skin irritation and redness.
Its components include: benzyl acetate (28 percent),6 linalool (9 percent), methyl benzoate (6 percent), P-cresyl methyl ether (10 percent), and 3-methyl-2-butenyl acetate (5 percent).
To relax and uplift your mood, add a few drops of Ylang Ylang oil to water in a diffuser, then spray it into the air around you. You’ll feel better as soon as your smell its aroma.
According to one source, this oil should not be used by pregnant or nursing women, or by children under the age of six.
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