Birds love Ylang-Ylang & so do I. Depending upon whom you ask, the name means Flower Of Flowers, Rare or Wilderness. In trad herb lore, it is a flower of Venus & the essential oil is officially recognised for langour & euphoria inducing qualities, along with the ability to help cure various ailments from motion sickness to high blood pressure. Margaret Mead noted that the South Pacific island dwellers used it liberally as an aphrodisiac, sprinkling it on beds & what-not.
Personally, i love the reek of it so much that i bung it everywhere; into big bottles of sweet almond oil to make body oil, into the sheets wash, floor wash, in an atomiser bottle to spray around as room freshener…Would cook with it if i could. The Wiki for it has this fabulous line re the scent; “The fragrance of ylang-ylang is rich and deep with notes of rubber and custard, and bright with hints of jasmine and neroli.”
And, a la the G.F.C. situation AND increasing concerns re toxic ingredients in perfumes, why not create your own concoctions with actual ingredients proven to enhance mood et al? Anyway, if you don’t have any in the house, try to snort some essential oil of Ylang-Ylang before the Full Moon & see if you do not notice the effect.
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Yum Mystic, I love this oil too, one of my fave’s.
How much do you add to the wash? And do you just dribble it into the water once its filled up?
I have those amazingly soft bamboo sheets you recommended (yes they are still silky and sleep is far more enjoyable than in my cotton carbdoard sheets:) Would like to get some organic flannel sheets for winter if anyone has any clues as to where to find?
cheers. x
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I just bung a few drops in where-ever the yicky fabric softener is meant to go.
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Ahh ok thanks!
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I damaged the rubber hoses of mine with essential oils – they perished suddenly so if you share a machine maybe add oil to some water if you start mixing it up and using some of the other oils that are corrosive – that’s not the right word but u know what I mean right? Also poss I went overboard there were no eyedroppers involved.
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Definitely up there with the favourites.. when I was young frankincense was burnt at home and is still my favourite, but when it comes to oil baths yy is my no. 1. hehe
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Unfortunately, I associate yy with funerals as my first exposure to it there, and very liberally I might add. Still it is a rich and haunting scent, very stalker inspiring.
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On a Saturday night in downtown Tahiti, the women pulled up to the trees with a ute,
climbed on the roof to pick Ylang Ylang from the trees. They grow quite high, then put
bunches of it behind their ears.
Totally exotic & erotique, the REAL THING, & not so powerful as the EO, but it says
‘follow me’.
The men picked bunches of Basil, rubbed the leaves all over their brown bodies,
or put bunches over the ears.
A few drops of Sandlewood or Patchouli balances the mix with YY.
Put a few drops of Patch under your lovers armpit & see how his natural aroma blends with your
wearing YY….yummy. -
Gorgeous images of tahiti – love the raw earthy image of people rolling up in a ute and rubbing it onto their bodies – delicious
have always loved ylang ylang, it is all slippery on your tongue just trying to pronounce it! but haven’t had any in the house for years – will put it on my list (along with bamboo sheets)
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