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The name lavender comes from the Latin verb « lavare » meaning to wash (lave) and indicates us that, in the Antiquity, Romans used it in their bath’s water and for the clothes. The word « washerwoman » also comes from the fact that we used to add lavender to the washing or rinse water in order to perfume linens.
Originally from Asia Minor, lavender Fine only grows between 700 and 1600 metres in warm areas of the Mediterranean basin and is to be distinguished from the lavandin. Its flowers are small, evergreen, blue and white-tinted and ear-of-corn-shaped.
The lavender counts with more than 300 different varieties but it is the lavender from France and more particularly the one from Provence that is the most researched. As a matter of fact, France is the world’s first producer of lavender.
Its sweet, warm and very pleasant smell makes it one of the oldest perfumes. Still nowadays, it is common to place lavender bags in the linens or wardrobe to perfume it and to keep clothes moths away.
This oil is perfectly tolerated by the skin but nevertheless, a part of the population can be allergic (probably due to synthesis perfumes). Lavender Fine essential oil is indispensable in your first aid kit because it will cure all the everyday « boo boos » (sores) of life, body and soul, as well for children as for adults. It is particularly indicated for skin and nervous problems. |
