{"product_id":"opopanax-essential-oil-dlvrr","title":"Opopanax - Essential Oil","description":"\u003ch5\u003eQuick overview\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #33cc00 !important;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/livinglibations.filecloudonline.com\/url\/certificateofanalysisopopanax\" title=\"Certificates of Analysis\" style=\"color: #33cc00 !important;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView or Download Certificate of Analysis\u003c\/a\u003e              \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003eOpulent Opopanax Essential Oil is steam distilled from the Bissabol tree’s dried gummy resin, which is richly red and exudes a robust, toffee-sweet, leathery aroma. This distilled resin is pitch perfect in perfumery as a balsamic base note to light amber fragrances, leathery colognes, and musky florals. In meditation and aromatherapy, it is an energetically connecting essence, inherently mystical, encouraging expanse in the universe and releasing resistance. A single sniff can calm nerves and center the mind to feel aligned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Opopanax possesses an intensely sweet, balsamic, spicy, warm, yet fresh odor, somewhat reminiscent of an emptied sherry-wine glass.” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003e~ Steffen Arctander\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical Name: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommiphora erythraea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBotanical Family: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBurseraceae\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExtraction Method:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hydro distilled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart of Plant Distilled: \u003c\/strong\u003eResin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCountry of Origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kenya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCultivation Method: \u003c\/strong\u003eOrganic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eComposition: \u003c\/strong\u003e100% \u003cem\u003eCommiphora erythraea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eConsistency: \u003c\/strong\u003eThickish viscosity and amber colored. Like myrrh essential, it thickens into a stickier mass when exposed to air.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eScent Description: \u003c\/strong\u003eSubtly woody. Earthy and musky with slight sweetness. Resinous and leathery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlends well with: \u003c\/strong\u003eBergamot, Neroli, Petitgrain, and all citrus. Benzoin, Cypress, Clary Sage, Oakmoss, Sage, Spikenard, Marjoram, Rabbit Bush, Patchouli, Vetiver, Geranium, and Palmarosa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUses:\u003c\/strong\u003e Magical in massage oils. Fixative for florals and cologne creations. Fantastic in salt pipes. Mindful in mediation. Diffuse to elevate your environment. Cleansing, easing, and soothing to the skin. Energetically connecting essence, inherently spiritual, encouraging trust and releasing the ego. Applied topically, the essence is superbly cleansing and soothing for skin issues and accidents. It helps to smooth scars, reduce puffiness, and disabuse discomfort.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75% trans beta ocimene and trans-alpha-bisabolene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContraindication:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dilute to use. Sensitive skin types should patch test before using.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003eOpopanax trees reside in the same resinous family as Frankincense and Myrrh, and like those royal gifts, it was traditionally used in medicine and sacred rituals in desert cultures, known as perfumed Bdellium.  The sublime tree, with silvery, peeling bark, succulent stems, and sturdy leaves, thrives in dry African climates, growing in parched rocky soil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8c4400;\"\u003eFantastic as a fixative, this redolent resin was popularized in the amber-spiced scents of Shalimar and Opium. Blend into scents drop by drop as it takes delectable discernment to coax out the precise sum of balsamic-brandy notes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e “If there is but little difference in odor between myrrh and Opopanax, the vegetable soup-like slightly animal-sweet odor of Opopanax oil is entirely different from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emedicinal-sharp freshness of myrrh oil.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e~ Steffen Arctander, Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Opopanax is thought by some authorities to be the myrrh of the Bible. It comes from the Bissabol myrrh, or female myrrh tree, which grows in Somaliland and southeastern Arabia, and also northern Iran. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe resin forms in small spherical tears which are shiny and fragile.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e~ Jill Jesse, Perfume Album\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003eAnd suddenly, my soul lay bare,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003e In that quaint, seaside city, where\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003e The fragrance fills the evening air.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003e O Memory, an unspoken prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003e Finds voiceless utterance, musky, rare,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #18b303;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e In odors of Opopanax!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e~ Rebecca Linley Fripp, Odors of Opopanax\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Living Libations","offers":[{"title":"5ml","offer_id":46511387082890,"sku":"1-EO627-5-DL","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15ml","offer_id":46511387115658,"sku":"1-EO627-15-DL","price":112.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30ml","offer_id":46511387148426,"sku":"1-EO627-30-DL","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0301\/8729\/0762\/files\/Opopanax-min.jpg?v=1762441733","url":"https:\/\/lavinglibations.com\/products\/opopanax-essential-oil-dlvrr","provider":"Living Libations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}