Zdravetz (Bulgarian geranium, Geranium macrorrhizum) oil has a distinctive dry, green-rosy character with earthy, mossy and slightly woody-balsamic undertones. The heart reveals a soft rose-geranium facet wrapped in a warm, tenacious sesquiterpene woodiness that lingers close to the skin.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Zdravetz oil is a pale olive-green or pale yellowish, somewhat viscous liquid from which a considerable amount of large white crystals will separate on standing and on cooling.
The overground parts of the plant are water distilled, but the yield of oil is extremely small, even smaller than the yield of geranium oil from pelargonium plants.
The odor of zdravetz oil is sweet-woody with a floral and faintly herbaceous undertone, reminiscent of clary sage, tobacco, broom absolute (fruity notes), tea leaves and ulex europaeus. The floral notes are of rosy-woody character, delicate and tenacious.
The oil has an excellent fixative effect which can be utilized in fougéres, chypres, crépe de Chines, Oriental bases, colognes and fantasy fragrances. It blends excellently with oakmoss, labdanum, olibanum, sandalwood, sage clary absolute, lavender or lavandin, bergamot, etc.
Restricted IFRA-standard materials typically present in this NCS at the listed concentrations.
| Constituent | CAS | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| Bisabolol | 515-69-5 | 2% |