Batch #402039

General Information

Standard Name

Geranium

Botanical Name

Pelargonium graveolens

Expiry Date

Feb-24

Country of Origin

Egypt

Extraction Method

Steam Distillation

Physical Data

Apperance

An olive green to almost brownish green colour. Over time the green colour fades and the oil becomes more yellow with age.

Result: Complies

Odour

Powerful sweet rosy-floral oil with a fruity-minty undertone and a rich, long lasting sweet rosy dry out.

Result: Complies

Specific gravity at 20°C

0.872 - 0.905

Result: 0.894

Refractive Index at 20°C

1.460 - 1.477

Result: 1.469

Chemical Composition Data

citronellol

32.88%

geraniol

14.03%

citronellyl formiate

7.7%

isomenthone

6.12%

linalool

4.3%

epi-gamma-eudesmol

3.55%

geranyl formiate

2.66%

rose oxide cis

1.56%

menthone

1.43%

beta-caryophyllene

1.36%

beta-bourbonene

1.22%

delta-cadinene

1.06%

geranyl butyrate

0.95%

geranyl tiglate

0.96%

phenylethyl tiglate

0.63%

rose oxide trans

0.54%

alpha-pinene

0.39%

alpha-terpineol

0.21%

limonene

0.13%

6.9-guaiadiene

0.11%