cistus

March 21, 2006

At 07:07 PM 3/20/2006, you wrote:

>Now Cistus oil does not seem to be available in NZ (where she lives) and I

>would love to get it for her. However I need clarification as to exactly

>what sort of Cistus oil we are talking about to help her - I have found an

>Australian supplier who has the oil from leaves and another one from the

>resin. Can anybody advise?

most of what is available today is distilled from the leaves. Now, years

ago, there was a distiller in Corsica who I believe was distilling the

resin...it smelled much deeper and more 'tangy' than the Spanish Cistus

I've been able to find the last two years. But he stopped distilling it

in the late 90's, I bought all I could at that time, and have ONE 5 ml

bottle left in my personal stash.

If you have access to the Resin oil I would suggest snagging all you can...

and if you would email me your source, I'd be very grateful!

Also, I would request samples of both. The resin oil was deeper and more

'tangy', as I said... aromatically closer to the absolute than the steam

distilled leaf oil in my experience.

If they smell about the same, then odds are the resin may be mislabeled.

Also, expect the resin to be a good bit more expensive than the leaf

oil. The producer I knew stopped distilling it because gathering the raw

material was so difficult.This will be reflected in the cost.

>BTW my fav. eo at present is Elemi - for soap it seems to retain its

>luscious lemony smell, doesn't contain citral so there is no discoloration,

>doesn't seem to be interested in overheating and apparently is good for old

>skin! What more could I ask for?!!!

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