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Ylang-Ylang Oil
Cananga Odorata Flower Oil · Cananga Odorata Oil
A sweet, heady floral essential oil used as a fragrance; can be sensitizing for some skin.
What it does
Ylang-Ylang Oil is distilled from the flowers of the cananga tree and gives a rich, sweet, heady floral scent. It is used as a fragrance and aromatic ingredient. Like other essential oils it carries naturally occurring fragrance compounds that can irritate or sensitize some skin. It is a scent ingredient rather than a skin active.
Also known as
cananga oil, cananga odorata oil
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