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Common Name | Bois de Rose |
| | Family | LAURACEAE |
| Other Names | Rosewood |
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Remedies using Bois de Rose
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Essential Oil
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Essential oil is obtained by hydrodistillation of the wood of the tree. It has a sweet-woody, floral-nutmeg aroma that finds extensive use in fantasy-type perfumes and colognes. It is also used to scent soaps, creams, lotions, bath oils and massage oils. Good substitute for expensive rose oil |
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Mood Uplfting *sleep *Stress Relief * |
| Skin moisturizer | | [1097] Rosewood oil regenerates skin and is moisturizing.
| | Soaps, perfumes | | [1098] Rosewood oil has a light scent used in soaps, creams, lotions, bath oils and massage oils. Good substitute for expensive rose oil.
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Rosewood, or bois de rose, is a tropical tree growing wild in the Amazon basin, mainly in Brazil and in Guyana. Unfortunately its industrial exploitation for the extraction of linalol contributed to its scarcity.
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