Organic Vanilla Essential Oil

Discover Dr.Valnet's 10ml organic Bourbon Vanilla essential oil.

Why use Dr.Valnet's Vanilla essential oil?

Dr. Valnet's Vanilla essence is used to invigorate the body and stimulate the mind, combat low mood, mild depression, and low libido in men. Vanilla essence is also a genuine beauty and health treatment for the skin. Combined with other care oils, it helps stimulate regeneration, purify, and aid in better hydration.

It has digestive stimulating and cleansing properties, as well as soothing and relaxing effects, especially in children. It has even been used in diffusion to stimulate premature babies and reduce mortality rates.

Because the simultaneous stimulating and relaxing effects help to stimulate the body and mind without causing excitation or nervousness. It is easy to combine uses via oral intake, skin massage, and inhalation, to accumulate the effects and properties.

This pure Vanilla essence is obtained by macerating organic Bourbon vanilla pods in organic alcohol, a mixture which is then filtered.

How to use Dr.Valnet's Vanilla essential oil?

Vanilla essential oil is mainly used topically, diluted to a maximum of 5% for cosmetic but also therapeutic care. Diffusion and oral use are also common methods. The essential oil is not recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding women, or for babies under 3 years old.

Topical application

Topically, Vanilla essential oil can be irritating; always perform a skin test before use. It should be used diluted to a maximum of 5%.

Ingestion

In cooking, 1 to 2 drops are sufficient, depending on the size of your preparations, to flavor them. Be sure to add them after cooking, if cooking is involved.

What is Dr.Valnet's Vanilla essential oil?

Vanilla planifolia

(orchid family)

Some botanical notes

Originally from Mexico, vanilla is a vine that clings to a tree to grow. Each flower must be pollinated, one by one and manually, which requires daily observation by the grower, as vanilla flowers for only one day over a period of about two months. The flower opens at sunrise and lives for only a few hours. The work of the "marieuses" (pollinators) starts very early in the morning and must be done quickly and with great dexterity, as there are thousands of flowers to pollinate each day.

Madagascar has become the world's leading producer of vanilla.

A bit of history…

The Aztec name for vanilla, "tlilxochitl," means "black pod." The first mention of vanilla is found in the Chronicles of the Aztec ruler Itzcoatl (1427-1440). The Aztecs and Mayans indeed knew how to preserve the aroma of this spice and had been using it for centuries, among other things, in cocoa drinks to soften their bitterness.

Pre-Columbian peoples also used vanilla as a diuretic and depurative, and attributed aphrodisiac and healing virtues to it.

A century later, in 1518, the conquistador Hernan Cortes brought the first Mexican vanilla plants to Europe.

Unfortunately, for over two centuries, various attempts to produce vanilla failed because only the Melipona bee, specific to Mexico, ensured the pollination essential for fruit formation.

In 1836, the Belgian botanist Charles Morren discovered artificial pollination of the orchid. A few years later, in 1841, Edmond Albius, a 12-year-old slave from Bourbon, succeeded in figuring out, on his own, how to manually pollinate each vanilla flower, thus substituting for the Melipona bee.

A major discovery, still used today, which allowed the cultivation of vanilla to develop on Reunion Island and then in Madagascar.

Dr.Valnet's Vanilla essential oil: technical sheet.

Part distilled	pods
Chemo type	vanillin, vanillic acid
Origin	France / Madagascar
Yield	200 g of pods for 1 kg of essential oil