A MODERN PERFUME INGREDIENT
This yellow, star-shaped flower is branded as “jasmine for the poor”. For the excellent reason that it is relatively cheap than Jasmine but because it resembles the gentle, tropically delicious, floral scent of jasmine. Ylang-ylang in the majority of floral bases belong to the middle notes.
Many of the famous perfumes wouldn’t be what they are if it weren’t for ylang ylang.
HOW WE USE IT
Ylang ylang extract is mainly used in high-class perfumes of a floral and heavy oriental type. Ylang ylang blends well with bergamot, resin oil such as benzoin, Peru balsam, and opopanax, spice oils such as cinnamon and clove, and other strong florals such as gardenia absolute, tuberose absolute, and jasmine absolute. It also complements sweet citrus oils such as sweet orange and mandarin and blends perfectly with sandalwood oil.
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