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Peru Balsam Oil, Olibanum Oil, Pimento Essential Oils

Also known as ethereal oils, essential oils are concentrated and hydrophobic liquids which consist of volatile aroma compounds from plants. They are derived from different sections of plant like leaves, flowers, bark, wood, resin, seeds and roots. These natural essential oils are defined by the distinctive fragrance and essence of the plant from which they are manufactured. Generally extracted by the processes like distillation and solvent extraction, these fragrance oils essentially find their applications in perfumes, cosmetics, soaps and for adding scents to incense sticks and household cleaning products. While in solvent extraction the fragrance oils are extracted by using solvents like hexane, methyl alcohol, the left over residue is the absolute.

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