oil of lavender

American

noun

an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.

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In yoga studios, it’s a common practice for the instructor to end class by daubing essential oil of lavender on spent students’ temples.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2019

Essential oil of lavender can have a calming effect, so try two to three drops on a bandanna around her neck two to three times a day.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2017

By distilling a mixture of essential oil of lavender and rectified spirit; and the other—2.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

I about half fill a wine-glass with this pulverised bitumen; I pour upon it, drop by drop, the essential oil of lavender until the bitumen is completely saturated.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

Hard paraffine, 1 pound; powdered boric acid, 7 pounds; oil of lavender, 1 drachm; oil of neroli, 20 minims.

From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough

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