Re: Eugenia Uniflora (myrtacea), a new sustainable plant for perfumes

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Isabelle Gelle wrote:

> Hi everyone,

>

> I just came accross the following information about a new interesting

> essential oil for perfumes. Has anyone heard of it before?

>

> ''A SUSTAINABLE WAY FOR THE USE OF EUGENIA UNIFLORA ESSENTIAL OIL IN

> PERFUMARY

> Eugenia uniflora (Myrtacea) is a very well known plant in Brazil and

> all Latin America that produces a delicious and aromatic fruit: the

> Pitanga, Brazilian cherry or Surinam cherry.

> Its unique flavor is fruity sweet citric with an earth note on bottom.

> The aromatic oil used for the Perfumery purpose is steam distilled

> from the leaves that contains about 0,50% of essential oil.

Hi Isabelle:

I have this plant - actually several huge hedges, full of fruit -

growing in my back yard. I have a sample of the leaf EO that I have not

had a chance to evaluate yet. So many oils, so little time!

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Sincerely, Anya

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