Vial of liquid Styrax essential oil
Vial of liquid Styrax essential oil Green case for essential oil bottle Liquidambar styraciflua tree Botany Liquidambar styraciflua

Liquid storax

Pure essential oil of conventional origin

Confezione: 11.3 ml bottle.
    • 9,90 €

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Made exclusively from pure natural distillates of excellent quality, totally free from stabilizers and/or fixatives of any kind, our essential oils represent the best that can be found by those who, without any “ ifs ” or “ buts ”, demand – in the literal sense of the term – the 100% quintessence of nature .
  • Code: 21583
  • INCI: Liquidambar styraciflua
  • CAS: 8024-09-1
  • Family: Altingiaceae
  • Type: pure essential oil (EO)
  • Variety: conventional
  • Food flavoring: No
  • Extraction method: steam distillation
  • Purity: 100%
  • Origin: Honduras
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Description

100% pure and concentrated essential oil of natural origin in an 11.3 ml (0.34 fl. oz.) glass bottle ; this product is completely free from: stabilizers, fixatives, pesticides, GMOs and treatments (even of semi-finished products) with gamma rays and has been packaged and sealed as it came, i.e., without having undergone any transformation and/or alteration of any kind and in the most diligent observance of all laboratory precautions. As per the declaration of conformity published in the brochure, this essential oil has originated exclusively from the processing of plant raw materials of natural origin.
The explanatory brochure that accompanies the packaging contains all the information relating to the natural preparation, including the analytical bulletin, the declaration of conformity, the botanical description, the possibility of use as a "food flavoring", etc.

Extraction

Styrax essential oil is obtained by steam distillation of the resin, a pathological exudation of the shrub secreted by the beaten and incised bark; it appears as a dark, viscous, reddish-brown liquid, with a typical sweet-balsamic, spicy, resinous, rich, and tenacious aroma.

Affinity

Styrax essential oil harmonizes well with Jasmine and Myrrh absolutes as well as with the essential oils of: Clove, Cinnamon, Frankincense, Lavender, Opoponax, Rose and Ylang Ylang.

Property

Styrax essential oil, non-toxic and non-irritating, has bactericidal, balsamic, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, expectorant, and stimulant properties. It is also a traditional remedy for scabies and is also effective in treating certain sexually transmitted infections as well as in wound healing.

Uses

Styrax essential oil is primarily used in perfumery as a fragrance component and as a fixative in oriental-floral notes often used in soap making. It is also used as a flavoring ingredient in the alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage industry.

Botany

Native to the southeastern United States, Liquidambar stiraciflua is also known as "liquid amber" or "American red gum". It is a monumental deciduous tree that can reach over thirty meters in height, with gray-purple bark, five-lobed leaves (which turn orange to scarlet-red in autumn), and white flowers. It grows wild in the tropical forests of Central America (in the Honduran department of Olancho).
It is related to the European "Liquidambar orientalis" (the plant that gives rise to black storax, the well-known aromatic balsam of Asia Minor).
It owes its botanical name to the amber-colored resin with a sweet-balsamic scent that drips from its bark (specially incised), which has been known for centuries by Native American populations, especially for its healing properties. It should be noted that the name "Storace" attributed to it is in fact completely inappropriate since phytologically it has nothing to do with the genus Styrax (to which, for example, Benzoin belongs).