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Lavender oil is complex oil full of many constituents. The primary components of lavender oil are linalool and linalyl acetate.

The AFNOR recommended levels of linalool are Min: 25% and Max: 38%, although many commercial lavender oils go as high as 51%.

AFNOR recommended levels of linalyl acetate are Min: 25% and Max: 45%.

Other components include a-pinene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, cis- and trans-ocimene, 3-octanone, camphor, caryophyllene, terpinen-4-ol and lavendulyl acetate.

Here is the composition of lavender essential oil as obtained by chromotography, according to Wikipedia. (The quality of the oil tested is unknown):

Lavender oil – the beauty and goodness of lavender in a bottle. But where does it come from? How does it grow?

Lavender starts like any other plant – from a seed in the ground. It must be carefully nurtured and watered to grow into a beautifully scented flower. The plant is then harvested and carefully distilled, then bottled into divinely scented lavender oil.

Watch this video of the 2006 harvest at Young Living Essential Oils to see the process:

It’s fascinating to watch this video of lavender being harvested at Young Living Lavender Farms in Mona, Utah. Harvesting the lavender plant is the beginning of this beautifully pure, therapeutic-grade oil Young Living Lavender Essential Oil.

Then you’ll see how the lavender is put into huge distillers and the resulting lavender oil bubbling up.