My new favorite lavender EO supplier!

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This is a very good seller and my standards are high. i have been selling on ebay for 12 years hence my name. good eye and good post to share thank you.
 
The seller lists this as "Lavendula hydrida", which I suspect is a misspelling for "Lavendula hybrida".

If so, this EO should be more correctly called Lavendin, a hybrid of true Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) and spike Lavender (Lavendula latifolia).

From my reading, Lavendin and Spike Lavender produce quite a bit more EO than true Lavender, so Spike and Lavendin EOs are usually cheaper. Not to say Lavendin EO isn't useful; but it's not a "true lavender" EO.

--DeeAnna
 
The seller lists this as "Lavendula hydrida", which I suspect is a misspelling for "Lavendula hybrida".

If so, this EO should be more correctly called Lavendin, a hybrid of true Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) and spike Lavender (Lavendula latifolia).

From my reading, Lavendin and Spike Lavender produce quite a bit more EO than true Lavender, so Spike and Lavendin EOs are usually cheaper. Not to say Lavendin EO isn't useful; but it's not a "true lavender" EO.

--DeeAnna
I use Lavandin Grosso from Camden-Grey(and prefer it) and find it much sweeter than 40/42, which is also a blend of Lavender varieties...plus:
(Mountain Rose Herbs) Lavender 40/42 is a standardized oil used in the perfume and fragrance industry. It is primarily used for soap and candle making.To standardize this oil, different lavender oils are blended together. A nature identical linalyl acetate is then added to the blend to create an aroma that is the same every time.

Lavandin is still in the Lavandula species (Labiatae family) being either Lavandula Hybrida or Lavandula x Intermedia (instead of Angustifolia), so is appropriately still called Lavender.
 
I definitely don't like the smell of lavender out of the bottle. I find it so strong. I made a 1 lb batch a couple of weeks ago and only used .3 oz of lavender. I had never smelled lavender EO before and I thought maybe the EO was bad or something. It gave me a headache. The soap smells OK now, though. I got some more from a different company now and it smells the same, so I guess that's just the way it is.
 
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