Steam Distillation

Expression

This method is the simplest, but is only possible with citrus fruit (orange, lemon bergamot…). It consists of mechanically breaking the “essence pockets” contained in the fresh peel of citrus fruits in order to collect the essences. The product obtained is called “essence” and not “essential oil” because the aromatic active molecules have not been submitted to the physicochemical action of a solvent or a steam distillation but to a simple mechanical expression.

Other methods of extraction

Yield

Obtaining 1kg of its essential oil requires:

- 7 kg of dried buds of cloves (Eugebnia caryophyllus)
- 50 kg of lavandin (Lavandula reydovan)
- 150 kg of true lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
- 1 ton of everlasting (Helichrysum italicum)
- 4 tons of petal of Damascus rose (Rosa damascena)
- 5 to 10 tons of Melissa (Melissa officinalis)